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Professor Jae Lim (left) worked with Jack Turner extensively on the development of HDTV technology and named this new award to recognize the contributions of Turner and the MIT Technology Licensing Office to the development of MIT intellectual property.

Jack Turner Entrepreneurship Award established to support electronics research

Generous $1 million gift recognizes the collaborations of the Research Laboratory of Electronics and the Technology Licensing Office to develop MIT intellectual property.

November 27, 2018

At a recent meeting, the MIT AI Ethics Reading Group debated options for teaching ethics in a traditional computer science curriculum. Postdoc Abby Jaques (left) is developing ethics modules that can be incorporated into existing coursework.

Student group explores the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence

MIT AI Ethics Reading Group was founded by students who saw firsthand how technology developed with good intentions could be problematic.

November 27, 2018

Rising Stars in EECS supports women in electrical engineering and computer science

In a return to MIT, 2018 workshop drew 76 of the world’s top early-career women in electrical engineering and computer science to explore life in academia.

November 27, 2018

From left to right: Jacqueline Hewitt, Kristala Prather, and John Lienhard.

Three MIT faculty elected 2018 AAAS Fellows

Jacqueline Hewitt, Kristala Prather, and John Lienhard are among those recognized for their efforts to advance science.

November 27, 2018

MIT senior and civil and environmental engineering major René García Franceschini

René García Franceschini: Engineering energy solutions for all

“The human impact that I have is equally, if not more, important to me than the technical rigor of the work I’m doing,” says the senior.

November 26, 2018

Ernst Frankel, shipping expert and professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 95

Frankel MME ’60, SM ’60, an expert in ocean systems and economics, served on the faculty of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sloan School of Management.

November 26, 2018

“If I want to be successful in my other endeavors or in my student groups, in my studies, it’s important that I continue to jump rope throughout my life to stay physically and mentally healthy,” says Stewart Isaacs, a PhD student in aeronautics and astronautics.

Jumping through life and his passions at MIT

Stewart Isaacs, a PhD student in AeroAstro and a world champion jump roper, credits his academic successes to his long career in competitive jump roping.

November 22, 2018

A new MIT plane is propelled via ionic wind. Batteries in the fuselage (tan compartment in front of plane) supply voltage to electrodes (blue/white horizontal lines) strung along the length of the plane, generating a wind of ions that propels the plane forward.

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels.

November 21, 2018

Remembering Professor Emeritus Alan McWhorter, 1930-2018

Long-time EECS professor and Lincoln Laboratory division head is best known for research on transistors, lasers, and masers.

November 21, 2018

Researchers have found that burning peatlands in Indonesia are responsible for much of the haze enveloping Singapore.

Burning Indonesian peat causes haze in Singapore

Radiocarbon measurements provide evidence that the origin of the haze over Sumatra's neighbors is peat, not deforestation and waste burning as many believed.

November 21, 2018