Re-imagining the opera of the future
The iconic sci-fi opera “VALIS,” first composed by Professor Tod Machover in 1987, reboots at MIT for a new generation.
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2023-24
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.
Bringing design justice to the classroom and workplace
Project shares ways to create community around design equity, ethics, and justice.
Mariama N'Diaye's design-led approach to governance
MIT Morningside Academy for Design Fellow combines her expertise in urban planning and business administration to tackle complex social issues within government systems.
MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI
The 27 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.
Making life friendlier with personal robots
Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.
Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization
J-WAFS awards 2023 Solutions Grants to bring two water-related innovations to the market.
Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication
The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances, to aid monitoring of climate and coastal change.
3 Questions: How are cities managing record-setting temperatures?
Professor of urban and environmental planning David Hsu explains what municipal governments are doing as climate change accelerates.
Denzil Streete named senior associate dean and director of the Office of Graduate Education
“Natural collaborator and advocate for students” will oversee the educational experience of the Institute’s 7,000 graduate students.
Faces of MIT: Abisola Okuk
The senior staff accountant, who discovered a passion for finance while at MIT, says Boston reminds her of the Nigerian city where she grew up — minus the weather.
Dyanna Jaye: Bringing the urgency of organizing to climate policy
The master’s student and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement works toward embedding climate into every level of government.
SMART launches research group to advance AI, automation, and the future of work
Mens, Manus and Machina (M3S) will design technology, training programs, and institutions for successful human-machine collaboration.
MIT at the 2023 Venice Biennale
“The Laboratory of Change” is the theme for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition.
Communicating across time
TeleAbsence, a project from the MIT Media Lab, probes and imitates the way humans process feelings of belonging, love, and loss.