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John Wynne, retired vice president, dies at 81

April 3, 2002

Retired MIT Vice President John Wynne dies at 81 in the Dominican Republic

March 28, 2002

Students participating in a MacVicar Day videoconference were (left to right) Rebecca Griffiths, Maral Shamloo, Tim Richards, Gina Kim, Kevin Lang. Professor John Vander Sande moderated

Students on MacVicar Day panel describe educational experiences

March 6, 2002

Artist's impression of the hottest tango in the universe--a torus formed from the debris of a star spins around a rotating black hole. The black hole leads the torus around, feeding it energy which the torus radiates away as unseen gravitational waves. At the same time, jets of energy are released along the black hole's axis of rotation and may later be detected by satellites as gamma-ray bursts.

Black hole/star tangos may explain cosmic explosions

February 27, 2002

Here & There

February 27, 2002

NSF offers four paid internships in India

February 27, 2002

Students to be stars of MacVicar Day

February 27, 2002

World Bank President to be 2002 Commencement speaker on June 7

February 27, 2002

James D. Wolfensohn

World Bank President to speak at MIT Commencement on June 7

February 26, 2002

An artist's impression of the hottest tango in the universe. The remnants of a star, now really a donut-shaped ring or torus, spin around a rotating black hole in a sort of cosmic tango. The black hole leads its passive torus-partner around, feeding it energy through the many magnetic field lines entangling the two cosmic bodies like entwined arms. The torus in t...

Tango between black hole and star remnant may explain cosmic explosion

February 21, 2002

Awards & Honors

January 16, 2002

iCampus gives $60K grants to six students for spring projects

January 9, 2002

Lecturer Susan Murcott and graduate student Jason Low of civil and environmental engineering survey microbial colonies in a dish from one of the water filtration techniques they are examining for potential use in Nepal.

Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal

December 5, 2001

Media Lab creates Center for Bits and Atoms with NSF grant

November 28, 2001

NSF awards $13.75M to MIT Media Lab to create Center for Bits and Atoms

November 27, 2001