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An elderly Francis Fan Lee wears a blue jumpsuit and an expression of pure joy while floating mid-air on a reduced-gravity aircraft.

Francis Fan Lee, former professor and interdisciplinary speech processing inventor, dies

The former EECS professor and RLE affiliate helped to develop a machine that read text out loud and won an Emmy for work on subtly speeding up film and audio without a noticeable loss of pitch.

May 1, 2024

Five people seated in a row in front of an audience smile and listen intently to someone out of the frame.

MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning

At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.

April 29, 2024

Two students push the tubular steel Motorsports car into Lobby 13 while a third sits in the car and steers

The MIT Edgerton Center’s third annual showcase dazzles onlookers

Fourteen Edgerton Center student-led engineering teams displayed their latest creations, from solar cars to rockets to assistive eating devices.

April 25, 2024

Drone photo of Killian court and the MIT campus.

Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2024

The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.

April 25, 2024

Headshots of three female students and one male student in a 4-square photo collage.

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

Combining engineering, earth system science, and the social sciences, Course 1-12 prepares students to develop climate solutions.

April 18, 2024

Mark Harnett stands with arms crossed in a dark lab lit with red lighting.

From neurons to learning and memory

Mark Harnett investigates how electrical activity in mammalian cortical cells helps to produce neural computations that give rise to behavior.

April 16, 2024

A biomedical engineer pivots from human movement to women’s health

Postdoc Shaniel Bowen studies women's sexual anatomy and health while also working to interest young women in STEM careers.

April 12, 2024

Closeup of someone’s hands holding a stack of U.S. patents. The top page reads “United States of America “ and “Patent” in gold lettering, among other smaller text. They are next to a window that looks down on a city street.

MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted

For 10th consecutive year, the Institute ranks No. 2 among all colleges and No. 1 among colleges with one main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and critical role of technology transfer.

April 11, 2024

Eight people in costumes pose while on stage. Some are dressed like pirates, clowns, and some wear vintage clothing.

Drinking from a firehose — on stage

For more than 50 years, the MIT Music Theater Guild has put on epic performances that involve students from every part of campus.

April 4, 2024

Daisy Wang poses in front of an indoor pool

Designing solutions to ensure equity in health care

MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to address social problems.

April 2, 2024

Lavender Tessmer threads a giant sewing machine. In the background are colorful spools of thread on the wall.

Programming functional fabrics

PhD student Lavender Tessmer applies computation to create textiles that behave in novel ways.

April 2, 2024

A view of the steps and columns of 77 Mass Ave, as seen through The Alchemist Sculpture. Glimpses of the numbers and mathematical symbols are seen around the image.

Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI

The 16 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore generative AI’s impact on privacy, art, drug discovery, aging, and more.

March 28, 2024

A young Black woman wearing a brightly patterned top and braids smiles over a set table at a restaurant.

Student spotlight: Victory Yinka-Banjo

The junior, who is majoring in computer science and molecular biology, wants to “make it a norm to lift others as I continue to climb.”

March 27, 2024

A blind man uses a laptop, and in the background is a bar graph that resembles how audio bars look to show sound.

New software enables blind and low-vision users to create interactive, accessible charts

Screen-reader users can upload a dataset and create customized data representations that combine visualization, textual description, and sonification.

March 27, 2024

Five children wearing purple shirts stand against a wall displaying the words “Geodesic Greenhouse.” Two geodesic models are on a table in front of them.

A revolutionary, bold educational endeavor for Belize

Itz’at STEAM Academy, an effort between MIT and the Belize Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology, pushes the boundaries of education through innovative methodologies.

March 26, 2024

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