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Parallel programming made easy
New chip design makes parallel programs run many times faster and requires one-tenth the code.
MIT responds to concerning graduation data at Senior House
Steps include stronger in-residence support systems and moratorium on first-year students.
School of Engineering awards for 2016
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.
Using engineering savvy to improve product designs
From windmills to software, graduate student Ned Burnell creates better tools.
A new approach to chemical synthesis
Communesins, originally found in fungus, could hold potential as cancer drugs.
MIT receives six historical preservation awards
Cambridge Historical Commission honors campus renewal efforts.
Finding wonderland
Senior Marie Elimbi Moudio enters a “weird place” and discovers a world of possibility.
MindHandHeart’s 10 newest Innovation Fund projects reduce stress and lower barriers to support
The MindHandHeart Innovation Fund announced its third round of grant winners at its final steering committee meeting for the academic year.
Lemelson-MIT Program appoints Stephanie Couch as executive director
Couch to build upon program’s 20-year success in celebrating invention and inspiring youth to invent.
Regina Barzilay named Delta Electronics Professor
Leader in human language technologies has been appointed the Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Carbon pricing under binding political constraints
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper.
Master glassmaker finds design inspiration at MIT
Italian artist Lino Tagliapietra begins a new series of large-scale abstract glass vessels during a weeklong residency at the MIT Glass Lab.
From MOOC to bootcamp to MIT
Two students with entrepreneurial spirit found their way into the Class of 2020 through MITx.