School of Engineering first quarter 2023 awards Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. May 1, 2023 Read full story →
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty Eleven new faculty members join six of the school's academic departments and institutes. March 29, 2023 Read full story →
Daniel Hastings named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics president-elect Head of MIT AeroAstro will assume the presidency in 2024 as the organization’s first Black president. March 6, 2023 Read full story →
Portable cap can measure cognition with pulsed laser light The cap will help researchers gain new insight into how the brain functions. January 24, 2023 Read full story →
Three MIT seniors win 2024 Schwarzman Scholarships Sara V. Fernandez, Amanda Hu, and Brigette Wang will spend the 2023-24 academic year at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs. December 7, 2022 Read full story →
Spreading joy with Wide Tim MIT senior Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng uses art as a bonding enzyme to join STEM, culture, and community. November 29, 2022 Read full story →
Teresa Gao named 2024 Mitchell Scholar The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in computer science in Ireland. November 23, 2022 Read full story →
3 Questions: Looking to Artemis I for a return to the moon As NASA launches Artemis I, MIT experts weigh in on the importance of the mission to future space exploration. November 15, 2022 Read full story →
Celebrating the life of undergraduate Mohamed Magdi Taha Rising junior in Course 6-9 was “brave and compassionate” and strove to lift up others. October 24, 2022 Read full story →
Antenna enables advanced satellite communications testing The reconfigurable antenna can transmit and receive signals over multiple radio-frequency bands relevant to military and commercial applications. September 6, 2022 Read full story →
Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet MIT spinout Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world. June 28, 2022 Read full story →
Cracking the case of Arctic sea ice breakup A distributed sensor network may help researchers identify the physical processes contributing to diminishing sea ice in the planet’s fastest-warming region. June 1, 2022 Read full story →
A new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos Researchers with the KATRIN experiment determine that neutrinos are lighter than 0.8 eV/c2. February 14, 2022 Read full story →
L. Rafael Reif to step down as MIT president For a decade, Reif’s bold vision led the Institute to dynamic growth and increased stature on the world stage. February 10, 2022 Read full story →
NASA selects three MIT alumni for astronaut training Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12 make up a third of the 2021 NASA astronaut candidate class. December 7, 2021 Read full story →