New collaboration explores the future of urban housing in Brazil
Initiative links MIT with São Paulo research centers to study affordability and accessibility.
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Best posts on @MIT touch on LIGO discoveries, Nobel laureate Bengt Holmström, Apollo pioneer Margaret Hamilton, Commencement speaker Matt Damon, and more.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to deliver MIT’s 2017 Commencement address
Head of world’s largest publicly traded corporation will address the Class of 2017 on June 9.
LIGO back online, ready for more discoveries
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Nine SHASS faculty members awarded named professorships
Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.
Tech Reunions shatters attendance records
More than 4,400 alumni and friends returned to campus June 2-5.
Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel ’78 earns MIT Alumni Association’s highest honor
MIT Corporation life member and global entrepreneur honored for his history of service and philanthropy at MIT.
Matt Damon celebrates his “fake graduation” while addressing the Class of 2016
“Turn toward the problems you see” Damon says; MIT President Reif urges graduates to prepare for “cosmic problem set.”
Matt Damon's Commencement address
Actor and filmmaker tells graduates: "There’s more at stake today than in any story ever told."
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the Class of 2016
"You made MIT better. And now you will make a better world," Reif tells more than 2,800 new graduates.
Q&A: Matt Damon on making a difference in the world
It’s no act: MIT 2016 Commencement speaker reflects on the “fun” of his activism and philanthropy.
MIT Puppy Lab to open during National Mental Health Awareness Month
Stephanie Ku’s Puppy Lab, a proposal funded by the MindHandHeart Innovation Fund, opens its doors during the two weeks before and during finals.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to give address at 2016 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods
Nigerian economist and MIT alumna will be the guest speaker at the June 2 ceremony.
