NEET welcomes Boeing sponsorship
Collaboration will help MIT students become leaders in autonomous machines.
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A stage of their own
Presentation workshop for political science graduate students serves as training ground for research and professional skills.
Vivienne Sze wins Edgerton Faculty Award
EECS faculty member is recognized for technical innovation, educational excellence, and efforts to advance women and underrepresented minorities in her field.
MIT faculty launch collaborations around the world
MISTI Global Seed Funds program awards another $2 million to researchers across the Institute.
The fluid that feeds tumor cells
The substance that bathes tumors in the body is quite different from the medium used to grow cancer cells in the lab, biologists report.
Five from MIT win 2019 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Award funds graduate studies for talented immigrants and children of immigrants.
Climate expert emphasizes the fierce urgency of now
In MIT talk, Lord Nicholas Stern calls the next 20 years “absolutely defining” for society.
MIT publishes draft self-study report for comment
Community feedback is invited as Institute prepares to undergo process of reaccreditation.
Astronomers capture first image of a black hole
ESO, ALMA, and APEX contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87. (Press release)
Working together as a “virtual telescope,” observatories around the world produce first direct images of a black hole
Images reveal supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy.
MIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing
An affordable, easy-to-use handheld sensor, soon to enter the market, can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in seconds.
Paving ahead: Model aims for infrastructure preservation
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers outline a new pavement maintenance model that accounts for future uncertainties in cost and deterioration.
Alexander Dingee, co-founder of MIT Venture Mentoring Service, dies at 88
Successful entrepreneur launched VMS with David Staelin to provide young innovators with advice from others who understand the challenges of building a business.
New facilities will keep Lincoln Laboratory at the forefront of advanced prototyping
Facility modernization plan includes a new compound semiconductor laboratory and microsystem integration facility that will enable modern innovation.
Squire Booker PhD ’94 to speak at 2019 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony
MIT alumnus, now a professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Penn State University, is an expert on enzyme reactions.