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The Aviation Week Network’s 2017 “20 Twenties” winners were honored during an awards ceremony in March. MIT graduate students Kristen Railey (front row, fourth from left) and Alexander Feldstein (second row from bottom, first from left) were among the honorees.

Two from MIT recognized as outstanding engineering leaders

Grad students Kristen Railey and Alexander Feldstein were named to the Aviation Week Network’s “20 Twenties” for 2017.

March 15, 2017

MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa’s new book — “Agreement Beyond Phi,” out today from the MIT Press — explores the unexpected structural similarities among languages.

Global agreements

In new book, MIT linguist expands the horizons of language analysis.

March 10, 2017

“I’m really loving MIT so far,” MIT philosophy Associate Professor Tamar Schapiro says. “The philosophy department here has a reputation as being the friendliest in the country, and it’s really true. People enjoy it, and that creates a virtuous cycle.”

“What we’re doing when we try to live our lives well”

Philosopher Tamar Schapiro studies how we blend reason and emotion while refining our adult selves.

March 9, 2017

MIT Professor Stephen Ross speaks at the 2013 MIT Sloan Master of Finance convocation.

Professor Stephen Ross, inventor of arbitrage pricing theory, dies at 73

Ross, who joined the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1997, relished the practical use of finance theory.

March 6, 2017

Clockwise from top left: Andrew Babbin, Eliezer Calo, Max Metlitski, Matěj Peč, Salvatore Vitale

School of Science welcomes five new professors this spring

March 3, 2017

A mystery concerning the structure of protons is a step closer to being solved, thanks to a seven-year experiment led by researchers at MIT.

OLYMPUS experiment sheds light on structure of protons

Seven-year study indicates two photons, not one, are exchanged in electron-proton interactions.

March 3, 2017

"One of the principal ways historians contribute to problem-solving work at MIT and elsewhere is by helping to identify what the real problem is in the first place," says Malick Ghachem, an MIT professor of history. "When we understand and articulate the roots and sources of a problem, we have a much better chance of actually solving it."

3 Questions: How history helps us solve today's issues

Professor Malick Ghachem discusses how historians contribute to problem-solving by identifying the roots and sources of a problem.

February 28, 2017

Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices and an MIT alumna in electrical engineering and computer science, will deliver remarks at the 2017 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods.

Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices president and CEO, to speak at 2017 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods

EECS alumna and industry leader returns to campus for the June 8 ceremony.

February 28, 2017

MIT students and CITE research assistants Emily Gooding and Mark Brennan examine a metal post-harvest storage silo as part of a study with the World Food Program in Uganda.

MIT researchers inform World Food Program work to reduce post-harvest losses

Study of post-harvest storage technology use in Uganda assesses potential for farmer adoption, identifies supply chain challenges and solutions.

February 23, 2017

Founded at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sistine Solar creates custom solar panels designed to mimic home facades and other environments, as well as display custom designs, with aims of enticing more homeowners to install photovoltaic systems.

Solar panels get a face-lift with custom designs

Startup aims for wider U.S. solar adoption with photovoltaic panels that can display any image.

February 22, 2017

Daron Acemoglu wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Prolific MIT economist honored for path-breaking work.

February 21, 2017

Bertram Kostant, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 88

Innovative mathematician and longtime professor made key contributions to representation theory and Lie theory.

February 16, 2017

Katie Rae has been named The Engine's president and CEO and managing partner of its first investment fund.

The Engine names startup and investing veteran Katie Rae as president and CEO

MIT’s new startup accelerator also announces its Board of Directors and Investment Advisory Committee.

February 13, 2017

During StartMIT, freshman Jason Seibel and MIT Sloan graduate student Sadia Khuram resolve a role-play conflict negotiation — amicably.

Make it your business

StartMIT, a boot camp on entrepreneurship, gives students an intimate look into what it takes to build a company.

February 7, 2017

MIT spinout Manus Bio has created a low-cost process for engineering microbes with complex metabolic pathways borrowed from plants, which can produce an array of rare and expensive ingredients used to manufacture noncaloric beverages, perfumes, toothpastes, detergents, pesticides, and even therapeutics, among other products.

Microbial manufacturing

Engineered bacteria produce rare and commercially useful compounds in large quantities.

February 3, 2017

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