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MIT President Charles M. Vest addresses attendees at MIT's 29th annual breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

MIT to file brief in Supreme Court on U. Michigan affirmative action case

Joined by Stanford, IBM, DuPont, National Academies of Engineering and Science, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

February 14, 2003

Olivia Ann Hecht, daughter of MIT's William J. Hecht, served in the Gulf War in 1991.

Looming conflict stirs memories

February 12, 2003

MIT study: All greenhouse gases should be reduced to curb global warming

February 11, 2003

Scientists catch their first elusive 'dark' gamma-ray burst

December 23, 2002

While on a trip to distribute donated eyeglasses, senior Selam Daniel (right) smiles after fitting a very nearsighted Guyanese boy with his first pair of glasses.

Inexpensive glasses: sight for poor eyes

MIT researcher develops process that lowers cost of lenses

December 18, 2002

Senior Selam Daniel (right) of chemical engineering smiles after fitting a very nearsighted Guyanese boy with eyeglasses, his first pair ever.

Sight for poor eyes

December 17, 2002

17 students selected as MISTI ambassadors

December 4, 2002

Kathleen Goncharov likens the Z-Center's signature artwork behind her, "Games of Chance and Skill," to "a mini Infinite Corridor."

Goncharov has fun with 'Games' at the Zesiger Center

November 20, 2002

MIT's Goncharov to be US curator at Venice Biennale

October 30, 2002

Scientists race to observe fading burst found by MIT satellite

October 9, 2002

Scientists around the globe race to observe fading gamma-ray burst found by MIT satellite

October 8, 2002

Rebecca Vest and President Charles Vest chat with the Aga Khan at the ArchNet launch event.

Aga Khan launches ArchNet at MIT

October 2, 2002

Aga Khan, MIT and Harvard launch world's largest architectural resource

Huge collection of images, design materials to "build an architecture of understanding," says the Aga Khan of the new site, www.ArchNet.org

September 27, 2002

Ali Akbar Khan plays the sarod at a recent performance.

Master sarodist Ali Akbar Khan returns to MIT

September 25, 2002

Professor Neil Gershenfeld (left) and alumnus Ravi Pappu with an epoxy token made of tiny glass spheres that may improve digital information security on the Internet and elsewhere.

Lab develops new technique for securing digital information