QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2023
The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.
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MIT affiliates honored with 2023 Optica awards and medals
Optics and photonics awards go to Professor Marin Soljacic as well as alumni Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Turan Erdogan, Harold Metcalf, and Andrew Weiner.
MIT announces financial aid and tuition rates for the 2023–24 academic year
Financial aid support remains strong, offsetting a 3.75 percent rise in tuition, and changes to housing, dining, and other costs.
Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude speedups
Codon compiles Python code to run more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains.
Tom Wolf PhD ’81 receives the 2023 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award
Former Pennsylvania governor honored for distinguished political career.
New method accelerates data retrieval in huge databases
Researchers used machine learning to build faster and more efficient hash functions, which are a key component of databases.
It’s a weird, weird quantum world
In MIT’s 2023 Killian Lecture, Peter Shor shares a brief history of quantum computing from a personal viewpoint.
Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria
High school students spend time at MIT building a low-cost fuel cell.
2023 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Gabrieli, Gubar, Martin, and Sass are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
3 Questions: Antje Danielson on energy education and its role in climate action
The MIT Energy Initiative’s director of education shares new initiatives aimed at preparing students to take an active role in solving the climate crisis.
QuARC 2023 explores the leading edge in quantum information and science
The second annual student-industry conference was held in-person for the first time.
Aviva Intveld named 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholar
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in earth sciences at Cambridge University.
Thirty-two exceptional MIT students selected as 2023 Burchard Scholars
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
3 Questions: Daniel Auguste on why “successful entrepreneurs don’t fall from the sky”
The MLK Visiting Professor studies the ways innovators are influenced by their communities.
Hari Balakrishnan awarded Marconi Prize
The prize is the top honor within the field of communications technology.