Apollo 13 commander James Lovell: “Crises don’t bother me anymore” Astronaut’s visit to MIT draws capacity crowd as he recounts lunar mission’s “successful failure.” April 28, 2016 Read full story →
Letter regarding the new director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office Lesley Millar-Nicholson succeeds Lita Nelsen as director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office. April 12, 2016 Read full story →
Method for earlier detection of leukemia wins $300,000 grant Team takes home grand prize from Koch Institute’s unique research-grant pitch competition. April 11, 2016 Read full story →
Targeting cancer from many angles Killian Award recipient Tyler Jacks fosters interdisciplinary, innovative cancer research. February 12, 2016 Read full story →
Sports Shorts for Jan. 11, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics Women’s Basketball picks up two conference wins; Softball honored by NFCA for academic success. January 11, 2016 Read full story →
David Forney awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor Highest award bestowed by IEEE honors exceptional contributions to the field of data communications. December 8, 2015 Read full story →
Chandrakasan appointed to Vannevar Bush Professorship Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science head Anantha Chandrakasan appointed to Institute-wide professorship. November 10, 2015 Read full story →
Edward Boyden wins 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences MIT physicists share prize in fundamental physics; Larry Guth and Liang Fu win New Horizons Prizes. November 9, 2015 Read full story →
$20 million Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research gift to expand collaborative cancer research Gift will augment the Bridge Project, a collaborative project between the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and MIT's Koch Institute. October 28, 2015 Read full story →
On the importance of academic international engagements: An interview with Fred Moavenzadeh MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations. September 22, 2015 Read full story →
Susanne Martin, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 68 Talented administrator contributed to MIT Medical and to the Writing and Humanistic Studies Program. August 20, 2015 Read full story →
A check on runaway lake drainage Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise. June 3, 2015 Read full story →
Tyler Jacks receives MIT’s Killian Award Cancer biologist and Koch Institute director recognized with MIT faculty’s top honor. May 20, 2015 Read full story →
Robots compete in “Hack to the Future” Final competition in MIT’s course 2.007 pays tribute to classic time-travel movie. May 8, 2015 Read full story →
Patricia Gercik returns to MIT to discuss her latest novel Former MISTI associate director and MIT-Japan director will visit MISTI to discuss her new novel, "The Outsider." May 1, 2015 Read full story →