1948 mayor to MIT: use flamethrowers to melt snow?
A letter from the MIT archives recalls another super-snowy Boston winter.
A life filled with firsts
Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female graduate and faculty member, opened the door for women in science, and founded ecology and home economics along the way.
Canned, good
More than 100 years ago, 2 pioneering scientists figured out how to keep canned food safe.
Let the celebrations begin
In kickoff to Institute’s sesquicentennial celebration, MIT Museum shows off 150 artifacts from MIT’s rich history.
MIT prepares for its 150th anniversary
For 150 days in 2011, the Institute will celebrate ‘many different MITs’ as it honors its past and imagines its future.
Gail Kendall’s gift transforms historic lab
The Rohsenow Kendall Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory completes a total renovation
Q&A: Patricia Fuller on MIT’s public art collection
As she prepares to retire, the Institute’s curator of public art reflects on the importance of maintaining MIT’s impressive collection.
Four professors named 2010 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Hosoi, Rajagopal, Ram and Richards honored for excellence in undergraduate teaching
Where were those Mystery Hunt coins found?
Slice of MIT reveals the locations of the fabled coins that Mystery Hunt puzzlers have sought, sleeplessly, since the first hunt in 1981.
Museum declares winners in popular vote for the MIT 150 Exhibition
Results of online competition help Museum staff in picking artifacts for MIT 150th anniversary exhibition
Explained: The Shannon limit
A 1948 paper by Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40 created the field of information theory — and set its research agenda for the next 50 years.