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Cyber savings are on! Now through December 1, save 15% off all MITx course upgrades using coupon codes EDXCYBER25 on edX and MITXCYBER25 on MITx Online.

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November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Anyone, anywhere can explore more than 12.7k educational resources from the Institute’s top-ranked departments — 98% of the content is FREE. Simply visit learn.mit.edu.

Read the blog post on Medium to kickstart your learning with a curated list of courses: https://bit.ly/46CNTl0
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September 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Congratulations to our director Cynthia Breazeal!

"In her experience, kids often intuitively understand this. 'When we’re working with actual kids in these actual contexts, you get some hope,' she says.”

raise.mit.edu/news/cynthia...
RAISE director Cynthia Breazeal named by TIME one of the "100 Most Influential People in AI" | MIT RAISE
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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We're thrilled to share that @aihealthmit.bsky.social faculty lead Regina Barzilay has been included in TIME's list of #TIME100AI for 2025! 👏
📢Full Announcement: jclinic.mit.edu/regina-barzi...
📰More from TIME: time.com/collections/... #AISky
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August 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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What if banks centered people and used capital for social and environmental good?

Just Money is a free, self-paced @mitxcourses.bsky.social course on how banks can advance justice, equity & community well-being.

Enroll: bit.ly/JustMoneyCou...
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Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered
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August 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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In a new op-ed, Esther Duflo reminds us: “Development aid is not a waste of public money.”

📖 Read via @lemonde.fr :
Esther Duflo, Nobel laureate: 'Development aid is not a waste of public money'
OP-ED. As international solidarity wanes, the 2018 winner of the Nobel in Economics points out that development aid is not a mere crutch, but an investment: Increasingly strong research networks,…
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July 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Access 12.7k+ educational resources anywhere, anytime with MIT Learn — a new AI-enabled website for all of MIT's nondegree programs. 98% of the content is free!

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MIT Learn offers “a whole new front door to the Institute”
The AI-enabled MIT Learn is a hub for the Institute’s lifelong learning opportunities, offering over 12,700 educational resources — including introductory and advanced courses, courseware, videos, pod...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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In today’s fast-changing world, online learning can help us grow, adapt and stay ahead.

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July 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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MIT chemists just supercharged a key enzyme in photosynthesis that could improve crop yields.

Want to understand the #science behind it? Learn from the source: Prof. Shoulders teaches ‘General Chemistry’ with MITx.

Explore all of our free online #chemistry courses: learn.mit.edu/c/unit/mitx?...
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Researchers in the Shoulders Lab have shown that they can greatly boost the efficiency of a bacterial version of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis. They identified mutations that could boost its catalytic efficiency by up to 25 percent.

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July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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What's the best way to address poverty? There isn't one answer. Nobel Prize-winning economist and MIT Prof. Esther Duflo shares how addressing different issues related to #education, healthcare, and the environment all contribute to poverty alleviation.

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What are the best ways to approach alleviating poverty?
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July 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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How did #July4th start and how is it going? Explore the origins of the American Revolution, constitutional law, capitalism and more with these free online resources from our friends @mitocw.bsky.social.

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July 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

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June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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How can hospitals reduce patient length of stay or the turnover of its nurses? If you're looking for a health-focused #SummerRead ☀️ try "The Analytics Edge in Healthcare," a new book co-authored by @aihealthmit.bsky.social faculty lead Dimitris Bertsimas: news.mit.edu/2025/qa-road... #MedSky
Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation
"The Analytics Edge in Healthcare," co-written by MIT Vice Provost for Open Learning Dimitris Bertsimas and two MIT alumni, explores how analytics is driving decisions and outcomes in health...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Access to knowledge can change lives, communities, and the world. During a recent MIT Open Learning talk, Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo shared how MITx learners and alumni of @j-pal.bsky.social's MicroMasters Program are fighting #poverty with #knowledge.

Read more: bit.ly/4kJV9A5
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June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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MIT OpenCourseWare is a website that provides course materials from MIT's actual classes...for free for anyone in the world. There is no sign-up or registration.

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May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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How can organizations future-proof their supply chains amid #tariffs and economic disruption?

Join us on June 18 for this free webinar exploring tools and strategies for building resilient #SupplyChains.

Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience Amid Tariffs and Turbulence. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Global supply chains are under intense pressure from escalating disruptions and ongoing volatility – driven by economic shocks, health crises, geopolitical shifts, and rapid technological change. In t...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Save 30% off any course certificate upgrade now through June 19. Use codes SMARTEDX25 on edX and SMARTMITX25 on MITx Online.

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June 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Understanding #AI is more important than ever.

From #MachineLearning and computer vision to AI ethics, these 13 courses and resources from MIT will help you make sense of how AI works and why it matters: bit.ly/4kvcLPU
13 foundational AI courses, resources from MIT
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June 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Discover how Open Educational Resources (OER) are transforming education—
for students, teachers, and lifelong learners alike.

🎥 Watch our guide to OER and see how open access can empower your classroom and your community ➡️ bit.ly/4j7VsDe
Navigating OER Space: MIT Libraries Open Educational Resources Guide
MIT Libraries has created a Resource Guide that compiles and categorizes OER repositories. Carlos Gutierrez, Intellectual Property Coordinator for the Online Worldwide Learning IP Team at Open Learning provides a video walkthrough of the guide and covers other questions, including: What are OERs? How can they be used? How to navigate the MIT Libraries OER Resource Guide? Where and how to search for OER materials Open License vs. Open Access?
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May 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Anyone can learn from MIT’s top-ranked graduate programs with MITx’s free online courses and @mitocw.bsky.social resources: bit.ly/4j8Ouha

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May 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Martina found MIT Open Learning Library’s free educational materials by chance. Now, she's using MITx courses and @mitocw.bsky.social resources to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

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Martina Solano Soto wants to solve the mysteries of the universe, and MIT is part of her plan
The 17-year-old student from Spain uses MIT Open Learning resources to deepen her understanding of math and physics.
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May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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On this Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we celebrate our diverse learner community and the MITx Accessibility Team’s efforts to support learners with disabilities in taking our courses.

From captions to accommodations, we are committed to inclusive online education.

#GAAD #Accessibility
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May 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM