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History of MIT
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FAQs on MIT’s new path to a master’s degree
Pilot program reimagines admissions process, introduces “MicroMaster’s.”
October 7, 2015 -
Online courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree
Pilot program reimagines admissions process, introduces “MicroMaster’s.”
October 7, 2015 -
Portrait of President Emerita Susan Hockfield unveiled at Gray House
Institute’s leader from 2004 to 2012 joins her predecessors on the walls of the president’s residence.
September 23, 2015 -
An enduring legacy of education and opportunity
The Khorana Program at MIT enables young Indian scientists to thrive.
May 26, 2015 -
Emma Rogers Society provides lifelong links to MIT
Named for the widow of MIT's founder, group connecting widows and widowers of Institute faculty and alumni celebrates its 25th anniversary.
May 8, 2015 -
Michael Collins: “I could have been the last person to walk on the moon”
Apollo 11 astronaut speaks at MIT about his experiences leading up to the first moon landing.
April 2, 2015 -
Historic season carries MIT Football into NCAA playoffs
At 9-0, Engineers achieve first undefeated regular season since 1881.
November 21, 2014 -
From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football
In the playoffs for first time, MIT's football history has included an 88-year winless streak, an ugliest-man competition, and borrowed orange uniforms.
November 19, 2014 -
Smoot lighting to set the mood on Harvard Bridge
An anonymous gift will pay for LED bulbs that will illuminate the bridge every 30 Smoots.
October 28, 2014 -
AeroAstro turns 100
Nine astronaut alumni and Elon Musk join in celebrating department’s centennial.
October 25, 2014 -
Boxes, books, and bananas: A peek at the MIT Science Fiction Society
Founded in 1949, group now maintains what may be the world’s largest open-shelf collection of science fiction.
October 10, 2014 -
How to build a biotech renaissance: MIT in Kendall Square
A look back at how Institute Professor Phillip Sharp, his startup Biogen, and MIT’s biotech community helped revive Kendall Square.
March 27, 2014 -
MIT community celebrates the life of Charles M. Vest
Actions of MIT’s 15th president have ‘grown to inspire generations,’ Reif says.
March 7, 2014 -
Charles Vest memorial service set for March 6
MIT community will gather to honor and celebrate the life of the Institute’s 15th president, who died Dec. 12.
January 28, 2014 -
3 Questions: Arindam Dutta on MIT and architectural modernism
New book, edited by MIT architectural historian, examines the evolution of modernism during its postwar heyday at the Institute.
January 9, 2014 -
Elizabeth Johnson, widow of former MIT president Howard Johnson, dies at 92
Known for her ‘warmth, kindness, and gracious good sense’ during campus upheaval in the late 1960s, Johnson helped lead MIT at a divisive time.
January 8, 2014 -
Former MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
As the Institute’s leader from 1990 to 2004, he sparked a period of dynamism.
December 13, 2013 -
JFK and MIT: Honoring the connection
Hear John F. Kennedy’s message delivered for MIT's centennial, read coverage of the campus response to the assassination, and more.
November 22, 2013 -
MIT’s Lobby 10 to be renamed in honor of fallen veterans
Already home to war memorials, central campus location to get official new name: ‘Memorial Lobby.’
November 8, 2013 -
Video: Meet TIM the Beaver
October 16, 2013