Ten from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards
This year, over half of MIT’s Fulbright applicants won awards. The current students and alumni will embark on research projects abroad in 2026-27.
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Bridging real human movement with digital technology
MIT.nano Immersion Lab collaborates with Emerson College students to advance the art of virtual production.
Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
A new study of the postwar U.S. shows which kinds of workers historically filled new tech-enabled jobs.
Building AI models that understand chemical principles
Connor Coley works at the interface of chemistry and machine learning, to discover and design new drug compounds.
Justin Solomon appointed associate dean of engineering education
MIT faculty member in electrical engineering and computer science to focus on innovation in engineering education and new pedagogical approaches.
A bet that has paid off 500 million times over
Twenty-five years ago, MIT opened its curriculum to the world with the launch of OpenCourseWare. MIT Open Learning continues to build on the legacy of that bold decision.
Startup making reusable emergency housing wins MIT $100K competition
Uplift Microhome’s modular housing units can provide their own power and water, for faster deployments.
Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
The prestigious fellowship funds graduate studies at Stanford University.
Universal AI is “a pathway to AI fluency that’s accessible and approachable to anyone, anywhere”
New AI education program from MIT Open Learning debuts with AI-powered personalization and a free introductory course for learners everywhere.
MIT student Jack Carson named 2026 Udall Scholar
The Udall Foundation identifies and rewards future leaders in tribal public policy, Indigenous health policy, and the environment.
Study: Firms often use automation to control certain workers’ wages
MIT economists found US companies tend to target employees earning a “wage premium,” which increases inequality but not necessarily productivity.
Method for stress-testing cloud computing algorithms helps avoid network failures
The “MetaEase” technique provides a heads-up to potential scenarios that could cause long wait-times or outages.
It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design
An old patent from MIT Professor Bill Freeman inspired the new “Y-zipper,” a three-sided fastener that snaps gear, robots, and art into shape at the push of a button.
MIT affiliates awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships
Afreen Siddiqi, Kathleen Thelen, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan, along with alumna Kate Manne, are appointed to the 2026 class of “trail-blazing fellows.”
Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models
A new debiasing technique called WRING avoids creating or amplifying biases that can occur with existing debiasing approaches.