Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

A rendering of The HUB in Boston's Government Center.

HUBweek shines spotlight on Kendall Square’s innovation ecosystem

MIT community plays central role in Greater Boston’s third annual festival of ideas and innovation.

October 2, 2017

MIT-France student intern Annie Dai (seated) spent a summer at Plume Labs.

Clearing the air

At Plume Labs in Paris, MIT-France interns take on an invisible threat by helping to develop a wearable device that tracks indoor and outdoor air quality.

September 29, 2017

On Sept. 28 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in downtown Boston, more than a thousand New England alumni will join President L. Rafael Reif in celebrating the countless ways that the MIT community has contributed to the region’s vitality and unmistakable character — and to envision, together, the positive change this community can have on the entire world.

A better world, starting close to home

MIT faculty and alumni have helped to shape Cambridge, Boston, and the surrounding region.

September 27, 2017

The aim of their new wristband is to make “temperature personal,” says Embr Labs co-founder David Cohen-Tanugi PhD ’15. “We want people who are often uncomfortable and have little control over temperature to have more control and more relief in everyday life,” he says.

“Personal thermostat” startup heats up for commercialization

MIT spinout prepares to launch line of wristbands that keep wearers thermally comfortable.

September 27, 2017

MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node finds permanent home

The 5,000-square-foot facility includes prototyping equipment, a makerspace, and multipurpose areas.

September 25, 2017

Gene Keselman has joined the MIT Innovation Initiative as its new executive director

Gene Keselman named MIT Innovation Initiative executive director

Longtime U.S. Air Force officer, entrepreneur, and nonprofit executive joins the initiative to help build out the next phase of its mission.

September 21, 2017

Photo of a dozen or so people in front of a brick wall

The Engine announces investments in first group of startups

New venture launched by MIT will support “tough-tech” companies at work on transformative ideas that take time to commercialize.

September 19, 2017

MIT Sloan School of Management student Vick Liu demonstrates how small and portable a compressed TravlerPack is — an important attribute for refugees carrying all of their possessions on foot.

MIT students design and donate sleeping bags to Syrian refugees

"It's a simple solution to a big problem."

September 18, 2017

"100 percent of MIT undergraduates study the arts and humanities, joining our faculty in addressing some of the largest, most consequential human questions of our time," notes Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Times Higher Education names MIT No. 2 university worldwide for the arts and humanities

Schools of Architecture and Planning; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and several centers are home to the arts and humanities at MIT.

September 18, 2017

“We are trying to solve the issue of youth unemployment through entrepreneurship and through making small businesses more efficient — starting more businesses, starting them well, having them grow up to the point where they can be employers,” says graduate student Meghan McCormick about her company, Osez Innover, which operates in three countries in West Africa.

Empowering young entrepreneurs in West Africa

MBA student Meghan McCormick leads a venture that helps African youth develop small businesses.

September 17, 2017

Every summer, the MIT delta v accelerator provides a cohort of student startups with the wherewithal to launch, including office and lab space, mentorship, and funding. At the 2017 Demo Day event on Sept. 9, the entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas to the MIT community, investors, and business leaders.

Young startups go full throttle

At MIT delta v Demo Day, student entrepreneurs present novel ideas that have achieved commercial milestones.

September 12, 2017

MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the mechanics involved when droplets come in contact with surfaces. Pictured here is a microscopic top view of a droplet.

Stick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate

MIT study reveals a new way to enhance or reduce the adhesion of freezing droplets.

September 11, 2017

Innovators from MIT Sandbox, including (l-r) Charlene Xia, Ryan Oldja, Jessica Shi, Achille Verheye, and Andrew "Kit” Kennedy, peer into the headquarters of The Engine, a combination of long-term investment, resources, and services for founders working on “tough tech” that prioritizes high-impact solutions to big problems over early profits.

Taking The Engine for a test drive

A group of MIT students gets a look under the hood.

August 18, 2017

Tuesday night, at the inaugural Play Labs demo event, 13 startups presented products they’ve developed in the accelerator. Afterward, the crowd was treated to live demonstrations of the technologies.

Demo day showcases serious innovation in “playful” tech

Play Labs startups include virtual pets, nausea-reducing virtual reality games, and augmented-reality paintballing.

August 17, 2017

D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow Chebet Lesan holds a bag of her company's innovative charcoal briquettes, which are made from recycled waste. Lesan is the founder and CEO of BrightGreen Renewable Energy, which provides affordable, clean, safe, and eco-friendly charcoal briquettes for low-income households in Kenya.

Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda

2017 D-Lab Scale-Ups are tackling energy access, small farm irrigation, portable medical diagnostics, online education, and support for local artisans.

August 16, 2017

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