President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson of Iceland visits MIT
Delegation meets campus leaders, with an eye toward AI applications and the Icelandic language.
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MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards
Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
21st annual MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge supports students leading social innovation
IDEAS awards more than $50,000 in grants across six student-led teams to develop projects addressing social and environmental challenges.
3 Questions: Ariel Ekblaw on building beautiful architecture in space
The TESSERAE project, a design for self-assembling space structures and habitats, has sent prototypes to the International Space Station.
Surface coating designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The student pitch competition included a variety of solutions addressing water access, usage, and maintenance.
MIT’s FutureMakers programs help kids get their minds around — and hands on — AI
The programs are designed to foster an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, including their social implications.
Ocean vital signs
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
Building bridges, not silos
A new study reveals how MIT’s campus design and architecture influence interaction among researchers.
Four from MIT named Meta Fellows for 2022
The honorees include four MIT graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, economics, and media arts and sciences.
Using deep imaging for higher resolution
Akasha Imaging, an MIT Media Lab spinout, provides efficient and cost-effective imaging with higher-resolution feature detection, tracking, and pose orientation.
Eddie Glaude Jr.: “We must run toward our fears”
Annual MLK celebration at MIT features call to confront America’s history of racism in order to move forward.
L. Rafael Reif to step down as MIT president
For a decade, Reif’s bold vision led the Institute to dynamic growth and increased stature on the world stage.
From modeling quantum devices to political systems
Senior Sihao Huang uses his background in physics and complex systems to inform his interdisciplinary approach to political science.
MIT experts test technical research for a hypothetical central bank digital currency
Collaboration with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston yields progress in understanding how a digital currency might be developed in the future.
Professors Elchanan Mossel and Rosalind Picard named 2021 ACM Fellows
Fellowship honors ACM members whose accomplishments drive innovation and make broader advances possible.