Leonard A. Gould, EECS emeritus professor, dies at 85
Joined MIT faculty in 1953; studied control problems and dynamic modeling.
Four from MIT win NIH grants
Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.
In profile: Chris Zegras
MIT urban planner builds tools that help designers make cities cleaner and greener.
Preview of an inauguration
In addition to marking the beginning of L. Rafael Reif’s term as MIT’s 17th president, the festivities will celebrate the MIT community’s ethic of service.
QS ranking calls MIT the world’s top university
QS World University Rankings also give the Institute top billing in 11 of 28 academic disciplines evaluated.
Q&A: Junot Díaz on his new book
The MIT professor and Pulitzer-winning writer talks about the people and ideas in his newest work, This Is How You Lose Her — and explains why women form a big part of his core audience.
Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.
Community invited to partake in, contribute to Inauguration 2012
Several academic- and family-oriented free events scheduled for Sept. 19-22.
Fundamentals of Biology now available in OCW Scholar format
Course is the last of seven OCW has published this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.
Predicting how patients respond to therapy
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.
