Particularly MIT: A Sequence of Vignettes
Produced by MIT Video Productions, Office of Digital Learning
Each week throughout the Century in Cambridge Celebration (February 29–June 4) will add to a sequence of video vignettes. From MIT’s public art to campus myths to the iconic Killian Court, these short videos will explore a range of topics related to the Institute and its history in Cambridge. We invite you to visit these pages throughout the spring and view all of the videos in the sequence.

A playful look at three long-held stories about the MIT campus and environs—separating fact from fiction.

This will change the way you see the campus forever. Why the dome's pillars don't line up, and the secret circle that extends all the way to Mass. Ave.

In 2014, Project Interphase celebrated its 45th Anniversary of introducing scholars to the MIT experience and imparting pivotal concepts to increase long-term academic success. This video describes the genesis of this program, now known as Interphase EDGE.

The astonishing career of Vannevar Bush, who played a part in the dawn of the radio age, the atomic age, and the digital age.

Recollections of MIT’s unique program for innovative documentary filmmaking and its far-reaching impact.

From the perfect cup of coffee to edibles that astronauts could take into space—a video history of MIT’s scientists' cutting edge of research and innovation in food technology

Karl Taylor Compton, MIT’s President from 1930 to 1948, modernized the Institute and served as a public champion of science and technology.
“No man in academic life was more loved.”