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Ezinne Uzo-Okoro (standing, center) is developing a venture that aims to grow fresh and affordable food everywhere.

Legatum Center announces 2019-20 fellowship class

The fellowship is MIT’s capstone program for student-entrepreneurs seeking high impact in emerging markets.

August 23, 2019

Yearlong hackathon engages nano community around health issues

Hacking Nanomedicine kicks off a series of events to develop an idea over time.

August 9, 2019

Left to right: MIT professors Eytan Modiano, Erin Kelly, and Ju Li.

Portraits of mentoring excellence

Committed to Caring honors professors Modiano, Kelly, and Li, and calls for nominations.

July 18, 2019

The computer system and software that controlled the Apollo 11 spacecraft — called the Apollo Guidance Computer and designed by the MIT Instrumentation Lab team — helped push technology forward in many ways. The computer itself was the first significant use of silicon integrated circuit chips.

Behind the scenes of the Apollo mission at MIT

From making the lunar landings possible to interpreting the meaning of the moon rocks, the Institute was a vital part of history.

July 18, 2019

"The efficacy and success of medical advances must always be evaluated within a larger social context,” says Ankita Reddy ’19, who aims to be a physician-anthropologist. “In order to do the most good for individual patients and to slow the spread of disease, our interventions need to take into consideration the public health capacity of communities as well as local ideas of health and sickne...

Ankita Reddy ’19 blends anthropology and biology to improve public health

Recent graduate says culturally-aware approaches lead to more-effective medical interventions.

July 3, 2019

The 2019 MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows: (top row, l-r) AiLun Ku, Lehua Kamalu, Elizabeth Pettit, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner; (middle row, l-r) Kate McCall-Kiley, Ayana Johnson, Jaylen Brown; (bottom row, l-r) Michael Tubbs, Rodney Mullen, Jan Fuller, Nonabah Lane

MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows announced for 2019

NBA star, Polynesian voyager, mayor of Stockton, California, are among the new cohort working to build bridges between MIT and the world.

July 1, 2019

This year’s winners. (Top row, left to right:) Cherry Ibrahim, Jeremiah Graves, Chris Bourg, Barbara Williams, Georgiana McReynolds; Kelly Hopkins, Grace Mlady, Bourg, Beverly Turner. (Bottom row, left to right:) Sam Spencer, Bourg, Shannon Hunt; Rhonda Kauffman, Ben Abrahamse, Helen Bailey, Bourg, Jeremy Prevost, Li Cheung

MIT Libraries staff honored with 2019 Infinite Mile Awards

Staffers feted for caring, collaboration, and community.

June 20, 2019

Samip Jain, a graduate student in the Integrated Design and Management program, works on a project in the lab. He has been learning with MIT through open education courses and programs since he was a young high school student.

A road paved with open learning

Through open education courses and programs, graduate student Samip Jain began learning with MIT long before he arrived on campus.

June 14, 2019

Using their “Cybersafety” methodology, Professor Stuart Madnick (left), graduate student Shaharyar Khan (right), and Professor James Kirtley Jr. (not pictured) identified several cyber vulnerabilities in a small power plant, including a system that poses a risk because it relies on software rather than mechanical safety devices to keep turbines from spinning out of control.

Protecting our energy infrastructure from cyberattack

Researchers use a new, holistic methodology to address cyber vulnerabilities in today’s energy systems.

June 4, 2019

The CEE Class of 2019 gathered at MIT's Samberg Conference Center for a photo with the Boston skyline as the backdrop.

Celebrating the Class of 2019 and CEE community

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering honors students, postdocs, faculty, and staff at awards banquet; seniors present capstone projects.

June 3, 2019

The MIT Venture Mentoring Service has been facilitating team-based, conflict-free mentoring for students at MIT for nearly 20 years. Now the VMS model is helping students around the world.

Mentoring model developed at MIT spreads to new campuses

The Venture Mentoring Service partners with universities around the U.S. and abroad to support local entrepreneurs.

May 31, 2019

3Q: Susan Hockfield on a new age of living machines

Convergence research at MIT and beyond seeks new solutions for global challenges.

May 7, 2019

MIT Professor Harry Tuller will receive the Thomas Egleston Medal on May 30 from Columbia University, to recognize his pioneering research on electroceramic materials.

Harry Tuller wins Egleston Medal for his electroceramics work

Pioneering materials science and engineering research enables better catalytic converters, miniature explosives detectors, and thin-film microbalances.

May 3, 2019

Clockwise from top left: Agustin Rayo, Susan Murcott, Bradley Olsen, and John Lienhard

In it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students

Professors Lienhard, Murcott, Olsen, and Rayo honored as Committed to Caring mentors.

April 22, 2019

2019 Change-Maker honorees and Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart: (left to right) Lisa Volpatti, graduate student in chemical engineering; Paula Hammond, chemical engineering department head; graduate student Sarah Goodman; graduate student Jay Dev; CAPD staff member Amanda Pickett; senior Madiha Shafquat; senior Gabby Ballard; Chancellor Barnhart.

2019 Change-Makers honored for fighting sexual misconduct

Violence Prevention and Response and Title IX and Bias Response Office celebrate individuals and departments for standing up to sexual harassment and assault.