Dresselhaus and Solow win Presidential Medal of Freedom
Two Institute Professors are among 19 new recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor.
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MIT researchers to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience
Three neuroscientists at MIT have been selected to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience.
3 Questions: Lita Nelsen and the Technology Licensing Office
Longtime leader of MIT’s technology-transfer office receives a lifetime achievement award.
ExxonMobil joins MIT Energy Initiative as founding member
Company to invest $25 million over the next five years to support faculty and student energy research.
Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
3 Questions: The launch of the MIT Climate Change Conversation
New committee aims to catalyze community discussion on how MIT can help address climate change.
Gedik and Jarillo-Herrero named 2014 Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials
The professors have been awarded $1.8 million each for discovery-driven, high-risk research, with potential for new experimental techniques.
Creating user-friendlier environments
Federico Casalegno designs technology environments that keep human experience at the center of user experience.
High school teams receive Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for invention projects
Fifteen student teams tackle everyday challenges through invention and creativity.
MIT D-Lab promotes rural community innovations in Guatemala with Soluciones Comunitarias
Collaboration to leverage D-Lab’s Creative Capacity Building methodology and the MicroConsignment Model developed by Soluciones Comunitarias.
Fast, cheap, and under control
New book argues that inexpensive, employee-driven business experiments can help drive innovation.
Cissé receives $2.34 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health
Biophysicist studies transcription with single-molecule resolution in live mammalian cells.
