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Valerie Jarrett, left, chats with President Reif while walking down an MIT hallway.

A diploma, a discovery, and an historic legacy

The restored diploma of Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT’s first Black graduate — presented by his great-granddaughter Valerie Jarrett — highlights connections between the Institute and Tuskegee University.

October 4, 2022

Two by two grid of headshots featuring Lindsay Case, Siniša Hrvatin, Caroline Uhler, and Deblina Sarkar

Four from MIT receive NIH New Innovator Awards for 2022

Awards support high-risk, high-impact research from early-career investigators.

October 4, 2022

Photo of Michelle Tomasik writing an equation on a transparent board with neon markers. The wall behind her is black.

Innovation in the classroom

MIT’s Residential Education group fuels faculty ingenuity and student engagement.

October 3, 2022

Inside the new MIT Museum, a large grey, angular, see-through sculpture says “Essential MIT” in bold white letters. White tables hold objects in the background.

“Whoever you are, this is your place.” Reimagined MIT Museum encourages visitors to join MIT’s community

The new museum opens Oct. 2 at the gateway between Kendall Square and campus.

September 30, 2022

Photo of an older and a younger musician playing a mandolin duet

MIT AgeLab awards five scholarships to students who further intergenerational connections

OMEGA scholarships encourage bonds between younger and older adults.

September 29, 2022

Approximately 60 people, all wearing masks, pose for a group photo inside a large open office space

Exploring how new technologies are changing finance

MIT students team up with Hong Kong students and companies to explore emerging opportunities in fintech.

September 28, 2022

Guy Bresler sits on a wooden spiral staircase inside the Stata Center.

Investigating at the interface of data science and computing

Guy Bresler builds mathematical models to understand multifaceted, interdisciplinary engineering problems that have far-reaching applications.

September 28, 2022

A prototype camera, with 2 bulbous lenses, a circuit board, wires and white cylinder, sits on a dock with the Charles River and Boston skyline in blurred background.

MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

September 26, 2022

Understanding reality through algorithms

Neuroscience PhD student Fernanda De La Torre uses complex algorithms to investigate philosophical questions about perception and reality.

September 25, 2022

13 students pose for a group photo, sitting together on the steps of MIT Building 10, with columns and windows behind them.

MIT welcomes the 2022 incoming graduate students

Graduate Student Council introduces new grad students to MIT with information, community, and interactive activities.

September 23, 2022

Orange-purple illustration of windmills with dynamic, streaky sky.

3 Questions: Janelle Knox-Hayes on producing renewable energy that communities want

New position paper calls for getting stakeholders involved in wind power projects from the start.

September 21, 2022

Hal Abelson seated on a blue sofa in a well lit room

“Kids are people too!”

Throughout his career, Professor Hal Abelson has worked to make information technology more accessible to people of all ages.

September 16, 2022

Photo of a Betar Gallant, wearing a mask and watching her gloved hands, blurred in the foreground, perform an experiment

A lasting — and valuable — legacy

Professor Betar Gallant approaches electrochemistry with a strong inclination, inherited from her family, to work things out independently.

September 14, 2022

New endowment fund will power student innovation at MIT Sandbox

A $1 million gift from Dan and Judy Gilbert creates a permanent funding source and supports expansion of entrepreneurship programs.

September 8, 2022

6 AI-generated images show visual interpretations of the phrase, “a train on a bridge and a river under the bridge.”

AI system makes models like DALL-E 2 more creative

Researchers develop a new method that uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding.