Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions
Students are driving innovative research to promote water and food security for all.
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A community approach to improving the health of the planet
Over the past four years, the mechanical engineering community at MIT has utilized their diverse skills and passions to develop solutions for the health of the planet.
Strengthening students’ knowledge and experience in climate and sustainability
Through the year-long MCSC Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program, students have the opportunity to lead research projects.
A new state of the art for unsupervised computer vision
MIT CSAIL scientists created an algorithm to solve one of the hardest tasks in computer vision: assigning a label to every pixel in the world, without human supervision.
Anticipating others’ behavior on the road
A new machine-learning system may someday help driverless cars predict the next moves of nearby drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians in real-time.
Professor Emeritus Markus Zahn, who specialized in electromagnetic field interactions, dies at 75
Admired teacher and mentor was a longtime member of the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems and the High Voltage Research Laboratory, and champion of the VI-A Internship program.
Global MIT launches the Africa Distinguished Visitors Program
The program’s inaugural honoree, Professor Mohamed H. A. Hassan, president of the World Academy of Sciences, recently visited MIT.
MIT students Bhav Jain and Liberty Ladd named 2022 Truman Scholars
Fellowship provides funding for graduate school and recognizes future public service leaders.
Three from MIT awarded 2022 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
Manipulating the future
A new robotic manipulation course provides a broad survey of state-of-the-art robotics, equipping students to identify and solve the field’s biggest problems.
MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition
The portfolio of multiyear projects focuses on delivering breakthrough solutions.
Bringing together the next generation of quantum coders
MIT iQuHACK gave teams from across the country time and experience on real quantum computers.
Robots dress humans without the full picture
MIT researchers design a robot that has a trick or two up its sleeve.
Dan Huttenlocher ponders our human future in an age of artificial intelligence
For the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing dean, bringing disciplines together is the best way to address challenges and opportunities posed by rapid advancements in computing.
Featured video: L. Rafael Reif on the power of education
At Monterrey Tec, MIT’s president discusses the impact of education in addressing global issues.