A Tocqueville for our time
MIT historian’s re-evaluation of Democracy in America emphasizes Alexis de Tocqueville’s doubts and concerns about politics in the United States.
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Shah returns to CSAIL
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory welcomes one of its latest additions (and alumnus): Assistant Professor Julie Shah.
De Weck and co-authors win best paper award
Research grew out of multi-year collaboration between MIT and Xerox
President Hockfield's charge to the graduates
'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'
Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address
'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'
Corporation elects new members
Nine term members will serve for five years on MIT’s board of trustees.
‘Set your sights on changing the world’
At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.
MIT for Two
When Noramay Cadena ’03, MS ’11, MBA ’11 arrived on campus as an 18-year-old freshman, she brought along her toddler. When she returned to earn two graduate degrees, her daughter felt right at home.
Toast to Tech marks end of MIT150 on June 4
Institute community invited to the final anniversary celebration.
Volunteer at Commencement 2011
Online registration now open; guest services volunteers are vital to the event's success.
Professor Eric Grimson named next chancellor
Current head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to succeed Phillip L. Clay.
MIT prepares for its 150th anniversary
For 150 days in 2011, the Institute will celebrate ‘many different MITs’ as it honors its past and imagines its future.