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MIT Spokes cycles across the country to teach STEM classes

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September 15, 2022

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MIT’s solar car team wins American Solar Challenge for the second year in a row

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August 25, 2022

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Edward Moriarty Wins MIT Gordon Y. Billard and Excellence in Mentoring Awards

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May 31, 2022
First annual Edgerton Center team showcase dazzled audience of all ages

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May 27, 2022

Visitors to MIT on April 13 caught a glimpse of innovation in action with students carrying an 8-foot rocket and a solar-p
Introducing MIT Arcturus: The Edgerton Center’s new RoboBoat team

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March 31, 2022

The MIT Edgerton Center is pleased to welcome our newest student team, MIT Arcturus.
At MIT, women students take the lead

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March 29, 2022

Cameron Kokesh ’23 crawled out of her tent on July 27, 2021, exhausted from 17-hour workdays in the Kansas summer heat.

In The News

Solar car captain Cameron Kokesh '23 talks to reporter

Watch the Solar Electric Vehicle Team on NBC's 1st Look!

NBC interviews the solar car team about their hand-built 100% solar-powered car.

'How to make applesauce': A photograph that made time stand still

CNN interviews Prof. Kim Vandiver about "Doc" Edgerton.

How a Vision for a Solar Car Sparked a Career―and MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle …

Slice of MIT interviews James Worden ’89, founder of the Solar Electric Vehicle Team.

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