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MIT students advocate for research funding on Capitol Hill

Members of the Science Policy Initiative will demonstrate the benefits of continued federal funding for science and technology at this year's annual Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day.

April 1, 2011

MIT President Emeritus Charles Vest, right, speaks with Nancy Hopkins, left, the Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology; and Shirley Ann Jackson ’68 PhD ’73, center, the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A celebration of women in science and engineering

Symposium highlights the work and accomplishments of women at MIT and beyond.

April 1, 2011

The signing ceremony creating the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), a joint initiative between the government of Malaysia and MIT. Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak (center) looks on while MIT Chancellor Eric Grimson (right) exchanges documents; at far right is Yossi Sheffi, Director of MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics

MIT and the government of Malaysia sign long-term agreement

MIT and Malaysia to create world-leading supply chain and logistics center

March 22, 2011

Minorities in the United States

February 22, 2011

Professor Eric Grimson named next chancellor

Current head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to succeed Phillip L. Clay.

February 10, 2011

Fifteen stick figures with various skin tones

Examining the impact of human diversity

Four-part forum series kicks off this Thursday.

February 9, 2011

Boning to serve as director of the MIT Masdar Program

Professor, associate head of EECS succeeds Moavenzadeh as head of the program.

February 3, 2011

Robert Taylor, MIT’s first African-American graduate

A foundation for building

How MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers.

February 2, 2011

Ian Waitz, the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, will be the new dean of MIT's School of Engineering.

Ian A. Waitz named dean of MIT's School of Engineering

Sixteenth dean succeeds Subra Suresh

February 1, 2011

A life filled with firsts

Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female graduate and faculty member, opened the door for women in science, and founded ecology and home economics along the way.

January 26, 2011