Science school for judges
MIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.
Former mining CEO: China growth will continue, Africa the ‘next battle for natural resources’
Agnelli speaks at Sloan as part of Dean’s Innovative Leader Series
Freshmen start the year with a splash
Incoming first-year students swim over to the New England Aquarium for a night of fun.
Living in the digital ecosystem
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talks data mash-ups, entrepreneurship and how his site keeps people honest.
President Hockfield stresses innovation in speech to U.S. governors
‘Lasting economic growth emerges from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology,’ she says.
A national push for energy innovation
At MIT, former Michigan governor touts new bipartisan initiatives to make the U.S. the world’s clean-energy champ.
Making MIT’s (750-pound) sesquicentennial cake
See the five-day process that started at Montilio's bakery in Brockton ended with the MIT150 sesquicentennial cake — all 750 pounds of it — being devoured at Toast to Tech.
Reunion giving tops $60 million
Tech Reunions 2011 brought a record number of participants to campus, drawn in part by the sesquicentennial celebrations. Reunion giving hit a new record.
‘To MIT — 150 more!’
Toast to Tech brings together the Institute community to cap its 150th anniversary celebrations in style.
President Hockfield's charge to the graduates
'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'
Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address
'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'
‘Set your sights on changing the world’
At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.