Feng Zhang named James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience
CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras '63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.
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Probing the function of key proteins
Professor Barbara Imperiali creates better biochemical tools for basic biology and drug development.
Featured video: Diving into IAP
A look at MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), a four-week term in January during which community members get creative.
Study of MOOCs offers insights into online learner engagement and behavior
New report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date.
Taking a break and making connections
MIT Senior Jahnavi Kalpathy shares her story of taking a leave of absence.
Campus greenhouse gas emissions down 7 percent since 2014
MIT releases results of its second campus-wide inventory.
Modeling plausible futures
MIT research scientist C. Adam Schlosser assesses long-term risks to regional water and energy systems.
John Kerry: Climate drive an urgent “race against time”
At MIT, U.S. Secretary of State highlights peril of climate change, economic promise of clean energy.
Using evolutionary dynamics and game theory to understand personal relations
MIT biophysicists apply mathematics from evolutionary biology to describe a surprising aspect of human behavior.
Rethinking how we get around
Paul Kishimoto, a PhD student in IDSS, probes the future of transportation in China.
Exploring the tug-of-war over metals during infection
Chemist Elizabeth Nolan studies the battle between microbes and hosts for essential metals.
Top tweets of 2016
Best posts on @MIT touch on LIGO discoveries, Nobel laureate Bengt Holmström, Apollo pioneer Margaret Hamilton, Commencement speaker Matt Damon, and more.
Martin York named U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year
Graduate student in AeroAstro recognized for exemplary military performance, academics, and physical fitness.
Edith Ackermann, developmental psychologist and learning researcher, dies at 70
The former MIT Media Lab faculty member explored the intersections of play, learning, design, and technology.
Financial aid gains to offset tuition increase for 2017-18
Tuition and fees increase of 3 percent is the smallest percentage rise since 1970.