What has the pandemic revealed about the US health care system — and what needs to change? Seven MIT researchers see lessons and opportunities for US health care. April 5, 2021 Read full story →
Reinventing the graduate student community during a pandemic Sidney Pacific residents empower each other to sustain community togetherness. April 2, 2021 Read full story →
3 Questions: Emma Teng on anti-Asian American violence in the US MIT historian, and scholar of assimilation and exclusion, surveys the deeper history behind the current crisis. April 2, 2021 Read full story →
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty Fifteen new professors join the MIT community. April 1, 2021 Read full story →
A streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys MIT research team finds machine learning techniques offer big advantages over standard experimental and theoretical approaches. April 1, 2021 Read full story →
Encouraging solar energy adoption in rural India What motivates people in remote communities to decide to buy and use a particular energy source? April 1, 2021 Read full story →
Why we need a more precise understanding of vaccine hesitation In a Q&A, Charles Senteio discusses Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans and the “tsunami of inequity” accelerated by the pandemic. April 1, 2021 Read full story →
Connecting history with the present moment Hundreds worldwide join MIT students in experiencing 21H.000 (History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics) as a public series of webinars. March 31, 2021 Read full story →
Comprehensive report on pandemic response solutions developed by 180 leading experts Online platform harnesses collective intelligence to accelerate recovery from Covid-19 and prepare for future disease outbreaks. March 30, 2021 Read full story →
Sustainable solutions at home and abroad Mechanical engineering student Arnav Patel is on a mission to promote sustainability — from Cambridge to the Himalaya. March 29, 2021 Read full story →
Supporting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout with extra-strength glass Corning executive Mark Kurz SM ’95 leads a team producing vials for vaccine distribution. March 28, 2021 Read full story →
MIT keeps a firm commitment to undergraduate student support for 2021-2022 Financial aid will remain robust and, after being held flat last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, tuition and fees will increase by 3.85 percent. March 26, 2021 Read full story →
Working toward a more secure world Senior Nina Levine is researching technologies for detecting radioactive material, as she pursues a dual path in nuclear science and policy. March 25, 2021 Read full story →
Measuring the invisible Particle physicist Lindley Winslow seeks the universe’s smallest particles for answers to its biggest questions. March 24, 2021 Read full story →
MindHandHeart Community Innovation Fund supports 77 projects during pandemic Fund supported by the Office of the Chancellor is advancing mental health, well-being, and racial justice projects at MIT. March 23, 2021 Read full story →