The multifaceted challenge of powering AI
Providing electricity to power-hungry data centers is stressing grids, raising prices for consumers, and slowing the transition to clean energy.
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MIT professors Iain Stewart and Roberto Fernandez are “Committed to Caring”
Richard Locke PhD ’89 named dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management
A former faculty member, the accomplished scholar and energetic leader returns to the Institute with a broad vision and deep experience.
MIT community in 2024: A year in review
Top stories highlighted the Climate Project at MIT and two new Institute collaborative projects; free tuition for most new undergraduates; Nobels and other major awards; a solar eclipse over campus; and more.
Celebrating the opening of the new Graduate Junction residence
MIT grad students and their families joined project and construction staff to mark the collaborative effort to plan and create MIT’s newest graduate residence.
Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in the UK at Cambridge University and Imperial College London.
AI in health should be regulated, but don’t forget about the algorithms, researchers say
In a recent commentary, a team from MIT, Equality AI, and Boston University highlights the gaps in regulation for AI models and non-AI algorithms in health care.
Introducing MIT HEALS, a life sciences initiative to address pressing health challenges
The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative will bring together researchers from across the Institute to deliver health care solutions at scale.
From refugee to MIT graduate student
As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.
How cfDNA testing has changed prenatal care
The noninvasive screening procedure can reduce pregnancy risks and lower costs at the same time, but only when targeted effectively.
MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson share Nobel Prize
Along with James Robinson, the professors are honored for work on the relationship between economic growth and political institutions.
Institute Professor Emeritus John Little, a founder of operations research and marketing science, dies at 96
The MIT Sloan scholar was a part of the Institute community for nearly eight decades.
Playing a new tune
After taking a pass on the family bagpiping tradition to try a new vocation, Andrew Sutherland has made noise as an innovative business scholar.
President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028
“Empathy and respect are central values here,” Kornbluth tells MIT’s newest students and their families at the President’s Convocation.