MIT economist Nancy Rose receives the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
The prestigious prize honors leadership in advancing the status of women in the economics field through example, scholarship, achievements, and mentoring.
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MIT Welcome Center opens in Kendall Square
New center provides information and services to MIT visitors, while the adjacent open space offers community-building events and activities.
3 Questions: Paula Hammond and Tim Jamison on graduate student advising and mentoring
Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Advising and Mentoring discuss the committee’s task of advising the Institute on policies and programs that support both students and faculty.
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes six new faculty
New professors join Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Economics, Literature, Philosophy, and Political Science.
Glass blowing adapts to Covid-19 protocols
The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch returns to MIT with 2,000 new pumpkins.
Shaping the future of work
How an online MIT course and subsequent book influenced learners studying rapid changes in the workplace.
The MIT Press Bookstore reopens in a new location in Kendall Square
Part of the reimagined MIT Kendall Gateway, the bookstore will sell a curated selection of publications by the MIT Press and other publishers.
A teacher’s education in Haiti
During six months at an orphanage in Haiti, senior Eli Brooks introduced children to engineering product design, and uncovered a passion for teaching and life.
Lincoln Laboratory honored for transfer of security-enhancing technologies
FLC Excellence in Technology Transfer Award recognizes two innovations that have transitioned to commercial use.
Renovated Hayden Library and courtyard open to the MIT community
Transformational projects bring inclusive, welcoming spaces to the MIT campus.
Transformative truth-telling at the MIT Open Documentary Lab
The lab’s artists and technology scholars are exploring representation and reality — and shaping the future of storytelling.
Study: Ending an eviction moratorium increases Covid-19 hazard
Results show infection rates increase across communities; individuals in low-income areas and those in poor health are at highest risk.
TESS Science Conference II draws nearly 700 virtual attendees
Not just an exoplanet-finder anymore, TESS yields diverse astrophysics results at second science conference.
School of Science welcomes new faculty
Twelve professors begin in the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
Maria Zuber on MIT’s Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Postdocs who feel safe taking risks benefit MIT’s research community, says MIT’s vice president for research.