Celebrating 40 years of MITES MITES 40th Anniversary Kickoff Weekend launches yearlong celebration of MIT program for high school students. October 1, 2015 Read full story →
A passion for learning in the lab Thomas McKrell designs, builds, and supervises nuclear science and engineering laboratory projects, and readies students for careers in research. September 22, 2015 Read full story →
On the importance of academic international engagements: An interview with Fred Moavenzadeh MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations. September 22, 2015 Read full story →
Frank Urbanowski, director of MIT Press for 27 years, dies at 79 September 21, 2015 Read full story →
Crawley announces intention to step down as president of Skoltech AeroAstro professor to return to MIT next year after five years as Russian institution’s first leader. September 19, 2015 Read full story →
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker heralds innovation-based growth Discussion with President Reif during MIT visit focuses on policy support for new growth. September 18, 2015 Read full story →
Returning to MIT for new skills — and to reminisce More than 70 alumni returned to campus in 2015 to attend MIT Professional Education's Short Programs. September 17, 2015 Read full story →
Training MIT’s “Innovation Diplomats” Program provides students with resources and guidelines to explore global innovation ecosystems. September 9, 2015 Read full story →
Dennis Whyte named head of Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Whyte succeeds Richard Lester as NSE department head. September 9, 2015 Read full story →
MIT hosts discussion on scaling STEM education President Reif and Congressman Joe Kennedy III lead an afternoon of discussions on how to bring quality STEM education to all. September 4, 2015 Read full story →
Study identifies new cheating method in MOOCs Research from MIT and Harvard shows how to exploit and protect MOOC certification. August 24, 2015 Read full story →
MIT community: #ILookLikeanEngineer MIT alumni, staff, faculty, and students enthusiastically join a social media campaign supporting diversity in engineering. August 13, 2015 Read full story →
Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote photonics manufacturing Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics. July 27, 2015 Read full story →
Hamlin Jennings, Concrete Sustainability Hub principal investigator, dies at 68 A leader in the field of cement chemistry, Jennings developed the first fully quantitative model of the nanostructure of CSH, the major component of hydrated cement. July 14, 2015 Read full story →