Starting new conversations about identity abroad
New MISTI programs provide a platform for student dialogue on diversity in international travel, study, and work.
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Five from MIT earn Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology
Awards emphasize cross-disciplinary training, support research to measure and model microbial communities and their influence on ocean processes.
MIT Campaign for a Better World propels the Institute to best fundraising year on record
The impact of the campaign is evident in new initiatives and core support across campus.
Movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision making
In lab experiments, soldiers wearing exoskeletons designed to improve physical performance reacted more slowly to visual cues.
Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in health
MacArthur “geniuses” in machine learning and synthetic biology to serve as faculty co-leads; Nobel laureate to chair advisory board of new research center.
John M. Deutch endows new MIT Institute Professorship
Gift honors emeritus Institute Professor’s respect for MIT and its community.
Professor Emeritus Bernard Burke, astrophysics pioneer, dies at 90
Former Astrophysics Division chair discovered radio noise from Jupiter and the first Einstein Ring, and developed tools to map the universe.
Pilot program helps students boost wellness
ENGINEERyourHEALTH PLUS is a three-year pilot program to enhance undergraduate student life through fitness, exercise, wellness, and recreational opportunities.
Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health at MIT aims to revolutionize disease prevention, detection, and treatment
A key part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, J-Clinic builds on MIT expertise across multiple scientific disciplines.
![“If you have a problem, and you look into the problem in nature and see how animals or plants deal with these kinds of problems and extract those design principles, you can try to replicate [them] using engineering approaches,” saysZijay Tang, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/201809/MIT-Tang-01.jpg?itok=zn7AW-p1)
Inspired by nature, reaching across disciplines
PhD student Zijay Tang is developing a living material that can sense and filter water contaminants.
Pushing the plasma density limit
Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers discover a path to overcoming the plasma density limit in their quest for steady-state fusion.
Investigating Earth’s earliest life
Graduate student Kelsey Moore uses genetic and fossil evidence to study the first stages of evolution on our planet.
What Paris shows us about the history of photography
MIT professor’s book develops a new narrative about photography and the ways we use it, from the place where it all began.
New partnership between MIT-Germany and the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
MIT-Germany expands student internship and Global Teaching Labs opportunities, and establishes the MIT-FAU Seed Fund for faculty.
Hammer family gift to support doctoral fellowships in the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Gift to IDSS honors Michael Hammer, influential business leader, engineer, educator, MIT faculty member, and MIT alumnus.