From culinary arts to nuclear engineering
Ciara Sivels ’13 takes unusual path to a research career in nuclear engineering for national security.
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MIT Solve announces 2020 global challenges
Tech-based solutions sought for challenges in work environments, education for girls and women, maternal and newborn health, and sustainable food.
Making a remarkable material even better
Aerogels for solar devices and windows are more transparent than glass.
MIT-powered climate resilience solution among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant
High-scoring 100&Change applications featured in Bold Solutions Network.
Dreaming big in a small country
MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.
Fusor workshop inaugurates nuclear makerspace
Building devices to study fusion at the new (and highly controlled) “MIT Nucleus” makerspace generates enthusiasm — and a purple glow.
A chemist investigates how proteins assume their shape
Matt Shoulders hopes to shed light on diseases linked to flawed protein folding.
MIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
Investments in energy efficiency projects, sustainable design elements essential as campus transforms.
A road map for artificial intelligence policy
In a Starr Forum talk, Luis Videgaray, director of MIT’s AI Policy for the World Project, outlines key facets of regulating new technologies.
Esther Duflo PhD ’99 to speak at 2020 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony
MIT professor and alumna shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, which recognized collaborators’ “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education
The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.
Correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices
A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical.
Rethinking fire with data analytics and systems design
MIT frameworks are helping the U.S. Forest Service find solutions to fire.
Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles
Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style.
Drawing daily doodles: Chalk of the Day brightens MIT
Chalk of the Day, an MIT student group, draws beautiful daily works of art on the chalk wall in Building 32.