Taylor Perron named EAPS associate department head
Expert in landscape evolution will build upon the work of outgoing associate department head Tim Grove, supporting the EAPS education mission.
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First class excels in “hybrid” master’s program
Experimental degree combining online MicroMasters and residential learning sees great success.
Making nuclear energy safer and more affordable
Galvanized by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasters, PhD student Xingang Zhao envisions a future with safe, efficient nuclear power.
Bringing humanistic education in technical subjects to the world
Students and staff combine workshopping and OpenCourseWare to demonstrate human-centered pedagogies in the context of modern topics and technologies.
Evelyn Wang named head of Department of Mechanical Engineering
Expert in high-efficiency energy and water systems will succeed Gang Chen as MechE department head.
MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science opens enrollment
Program offers path to an accelerated master’s degree at seven universities.
MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members
Term members will each serve one, three, or five years on MIT’s board of trustees.
MIT faculty approves new urban science major
Interdisciplinary undergraduate program combines urban planning and computer science.
Tackling the ultimate problem set: The first year at MIT
How would you change the first-year experience? Students have proposed inventive ways to improve the first year. And MIT is listening.
Unity makes strength: MIT expands ties with Belgium
Belgian researchers once split by language come together to reinforce a future with MIT.
Irving London, founding director of Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, dies at 99
Longtime biology professor and expert in hemoglobin synthesis was committed to the integration of biomedical research, education, and medical practice.
MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows announced for 2018
New cohort brings social, scientific, and creative experience to extend the lab’s reach beyond academia.
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William Rodríguez: Helping others broaden their horizons
MIT senior and Model UN leader William Rodríguez works to encourage the global exchange of ideas.
Eight from MIT receive 2018 Fulbright awards
Graduating students and alumni will conduct research abroad in 2018-19 academic year.