Q&A: Professor Gigliola Staffilani on women in mathematics
More than a decade after creating the Celebration of Women in Mathematics at MIT, Staffilani talks about the present and future of women in the field.
Squire Booker PhD ’94 to speak at 2019 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony
MIT alumnus, now a professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Penn State University, is an expert on enzyme reactions.
Teaching machines to reason about what they see
Researchers combine statistical and symbolic artificial intelligence techniques to speed learning and improve transparency.
School of Science announces 2019 Infinite Mile Awards
Ten staff members in the School of Science are recognized for going above and beyond their job descriptions to support a better Institute.
Finding common ground
Inaugural homecoming event aims to build community among MIT postdocs, past and present.
3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO
“If we are very lucky, we might observe something new … or maybe even something totally unexpected.”
Celebrating passionate teachers and enthusiastic learners
At this year's MacVicar Day symposium, faculty and students reflect on the challenges and joys of education in the 21st century.
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions
In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range.
Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations
Study suggests that stimulating stem cells may protect the gastrointestinal tract from age-related disease.
Whitehead Institute’s David Page to conclude term as director
Search committee chaired by MIT President Emerita Susan Hockfield will identify new director for eminent biomedical institute.
Solving for fun (and sometimes prizes)
Senior Danielle Wang, a two-time Elizabeth Putnam Prize winner, is well on her way to becoming a career mathematician.
Lighting up exoplanets
The Heising-Simons Foundation selects Clara Sousa-Silva and Benjamin Rackham for 51 Pegasi b Fellowships at MIT.
3 Questions: What is linguistics?
MIT Professor David Pesetsky describes the science of language and how it sheds light on deep properties of the human mind.
Women in mathematics aim for an equals sign
Female graduate students in the Department of Mathematics unite to encourage community and to extend an invitation to prospective MIT students.
Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function
Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications.