How MIT helped young Roxbury photographers of the 1960s turn pro
In the late '60s, young Boston artists began polishing their craft in MIT's Roxbury Photographers Training Program, the subject of a new exhibition at the MIT Museum.
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Honoring Salvador Luria, longtime MIT professor and founding director of the MIT Center for Cancer Research
Koch Institute event celebrates the new MIT Press biography “Salvador Luria: An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America.”
Developing community around design
MIT Morningside Academy for Design’s inaugural fellows chart a new course.
A diploma, a discovery, and an historic legacy
The restored diploma of Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT’s first Black graduate — presented by his great-granddaughter Valerie Jarrett — highlights connections between the Institute and Tuskegee University.
Wiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence
Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.
“Whoever you are, this is your place.” Reimagined MIT Museum encourages visitors to join MIT’s community
The new museum opens Oct. 2 at the gateway between Kendall Square and campus.
Engineers repurpose 19th-century photography technique to make stretchy, color-changing films
The technique opens a door to manufacturing of pressure-monitoring bandages, shade-shifting fabrics, or touch-sensing robots.
3 Questions: John Durant on the new MIT Museum at Kendall Square
The MIT Museum director describes how the museum is reinventing itself for the 21st century.
MIT collaborates with Biogen on three-year, $7 million initiative to address climate, health, and equity
Biogen’s support is part of the biotechnology company’s Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives Initiative.
MIT Welcome Center opens in Kendall Square
New center provides information and services to MIT visitors, while the adjacent open space offers community-building events and activities.
Playing with proteins
At the MIT Edgerton Center, educators are quietly transforming the way biology is taught in schools.
Considering the spiderweb
After nearly a decade, an interdisciplinary collaboration to model a 3D spider web leads to many surprising results.
Scene at MIT: A Black computing pioneer takes his place in technology history
A brief history of a 1950s photo featuring Joseph Thompson, one of the original operators of MIT’s groundbreaking Whirlwind computer.
STEM Week event encourages students to see themselves in science and technology careers
MIT hosts kickoff event of Massachusetts STEM Week — a statewide virtual celebration of K-12 education.
MIT Full STEAM Ahead offers scalable, hands-on remote learning for K-12
Website created in response to Covid-19 yields unexpected insights into what’s possible for reaching learners at a distance.