Associate Professor Amy Moran-Thomas receives the 2020 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The award will support the MIT anthropologist's research on the cultural dimensions of climate denialism.
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Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2020
Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
3 Questions: MIT's virtual Spring Career Fair
Career Advising and Professional Development's virtual event attracted 57 employer organizations and 472 MIT student and alumni participants.
Engineering student Steven Truong draws upon MIT experiences to navigate Covid-19
MIT senior helps his immigrant family address medical matters while balancing his school work.
3 Questions: Charles Stewart on the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the 2020 elections
Head of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab discusses the greatest risks, voting by mail, zombies, and asteroids.
Three from MIT awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships
MIT professors Sabine Iatridou, Jonathan Gruber, and Rebecca Saxe have been selected to pursue their work “under the freest possible conditions.”
Event Horizon Telescope observes a black hole-powered jet
MIT Haystack Observatory researchers coauthor a paper announcing the observation of a surprising structure in a distant quasar, 3C 279.
Ten from MIT awarded 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The $90,000 merit-based fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
MIT Solve rises to meet health security and pandemic challenge
MIT Solve 2020 Challenge seeks tech-based solutions to health security challenges, including Covid-19 and future pandemics.
Evaluating the global energy system
Meet the team of postdocs developing the MIT Energy Initiative's energy life-cycle assessment tool.
MIT offers assistance to City of Cambridge during Covid-19 crisis
The Institute is supporting Cambridge’s nonprofits, small businesses, and residents.
Professor Emeritus Ulrich Becker, who made major contributions to particle physics, dies at 81
Longtime MIT physicist and mentor created instruments that advanced high-energy physics, including the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the J particle.
The MIT Press offers e-resources during the Covid-19 pandemic
The press is rapidly expanding free access to content including articles, books, and live discussions as a way to maintain public access to knowledge and research.
Katie Collins, Vaishnavi Phadnis, and Vaibhavi Shah named 2020-21 Goldwater Scholars
Three MIT undergraduates who use computer science to explore human biology and health honored for their academic achievements.
Titan’s missing river deltas and an Earthly climate connection
Samuel Birch, a new Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellow at MIT, will investigate the surfaces of outer solar system objects.