Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize April 26, 2012 Read full story →
Confronting global disasters from afar Creative responses to devastation April 23, 2012 Read full story →
Studying the effects of coconuts being made into biofuel Divya Agarwal travels to Fiji as part of an independent study project. April 18, 2012 Read full story →
MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) $1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST. April 12, 2012 Read full story →
Slideshow: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits MIT Brazil and MIT discuss possible future collaboration. April 11, 2012 Read full story →
MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizens Has explored media and change for more than 30 years April 2, 2012 Read full story →
A camera that peers around corners A new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as 'mirrors' to gather information about scenes outside its line of sight. March 21, 2012 Read full story →
Development economist Alice Amsden dies at 68 MIT professor was a prolific scholar who wrote extensively about industrialization in emerging economies. March 16, 2012 Read full story →
Video: The Paradiso Synthesizer Media Lab associate professor’s massive modular synthesizer now on exhibit in the MIT Museum. March 14, 2012 Read full story →
Record attendance for MIT’s Graduate Arts Soiree Nearly 600 from across disciplines attend Friday night event. March 12, 2012 Read full story →
Visiting Artist Ben Houge leads lively 'Sound and Real-Time Systems' panel Artists discuss the convergence between video games, digital media and music composition. February 17, 2012 Read full story →
Susan Hockfield to step down MIT’s 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management. February 16, 2012 Read full story →
Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research Prize Honored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light. January 6, 2012 Read full story →