A taxing issue
In book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.
3 Questions: Simon Johnson on the national debt
In new book, MIT economist surveys history of debt battles and offers a prescription for fiscal recovery.
All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robot
MIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production
Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizens
Has explored media and change for more than 30 years
Explore the Learning Center, MIT’s home base for training
The MIT Learning Center marks another milestone: EHS compliance training and STARweb courses from the Office of Sponsored Programs have recently moved to this online locale.
Buehler to receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society
Honored for highly innovative and creative work in computational modeling
Introducing MIT Video
New portal aggregates nearly 10,000 videos — both by the Institute and about it — in one place.
MIT Professor Shigeru Miyagawa named award recipient by the OCW Consortium
Professor Miyagawa recognized with other leaders of the global OpenCourseWare movement.
All the difference in the world
In new book, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson assert that above all else, political institutions — not culture or natural resources — determine the wealth of nations.
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
Alexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.