MIT finishes second in 2018 Learfield Cup Final Standings Engineers record highest finish in program history after record-setting 2017-18 athletics season. June 5, 2018 Read full story →
Meet the School of Science’s tenured professors for 2018 Six faculty members are granted tenure in four departments. June 4, 2018 Read full story →
Michel Goemans named head of the Department of Mathematics Award-winning applied mathematician and professor has served as interim department head for the past year. May 31, 2018 Read full story →
Fighting toxic stress in children is tough but possible Taking time to understand underlying causes of stress can help children escape debilitating health effects, symposium speakers argue. May 31, 2018 Read full story →
Removing health care barriers and boundaries Through transformative use of telemedicine, researcher and instructor Amar Gupta hopes to achieve better, quicker, and less expensive health care for all. May 22, 2018 Read full story →
Turning up the heat Fine-tuning thermal hydraulics in reactors, doctoral student Guanyu Su hopes to advance more powerful nuclear energy technology. May 17, 2018 Read full story →
Showcasing the results of students' real-world research SuperUROP and Masterworks participants share the findings of their intensive hands-on projects. May 15, 2018 Read full story →
CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects In yearlong program, MIT students apply computer science to humanities, arts, and social science research. May 15, 2018 Read full story →
Jeff Gore: A physicist exploring population dynamics of microbes MIT professor sees many “big, deep questions in biology” that benefit from study by both physicists and life scientists. May 14, 2018 Read full story →
Matthew Shoulders wins Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Award recognizes talents and leadership qualities of young faculty in the chemical sciences. May 7, 2018 Read full story →
National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors for 2018 Finkelstein, Kardar, Wen, and Zhang honored for research achievements. May 1, 2018 Read full story →
Parag Pathak wins John Bates Clark Medal MIT economist lauded for work on education, market-design mechanisms. April 20, 2018 Read full story →
Tata Center adds eight new projects to its 2018-2019 portfolio MIT principal investigators will receive funding and support for projects seeking an impact in the developing world. April 12, 2018 Read full story →
Institute Professor Emeritus Morris Halle, innovative and influential linguist, dies at 94 Scholar conducted groundbreaking research, helped found MIT’s linguistics program, and inspired generations of students. April 3, 2018 Read full story →
How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy? Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds. March 21, 2018 Read full story →