MIT and the Civil War
President Susan Hockfield speaks on the struggle for America’s future — then and now.
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For a day, MIT students manufacture Bose speakers
IAP workshop teaches acoustics, speaker design to MIT students
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.
The mathematics of taste
By using ‘genetic programming’ to crossbreed algorithms, researchers help flavor companies figure out what their customers like.
From MIT club to the World University Games
Members of the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club team competed at the 2011 World University Games in China.
Ugandan journalist joins the Center for International Studies
Human rights journalist Jackee Batanda receives Neuffer fellowship, will study at MIT for the next academic year.
New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors
IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.
MIT professor emeritus Yao Tzu Li dies at 97
Champion of innovation sought to instill entrepreneurship in students.
The future of chip manufacturing
MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique.
Turning off cancer’s growth signals
Biological engineers’ new approach to shutting down cell division could lead to new cancer drugs.