The language of change
Preparing for a career advancing the science and policy of climate issues, junior Ryan Conti focuses on math, computer science, and the philosophy of language.
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Sylvester James Gates Jr. ’73, PhD ’77 recounts storied career in research, teaching, and service
Theoretical physicist and diversity advocate delivers the fall 2021 Compton Lecture.
3 Questions: An anthropologist and a filmmaker on working-class lives in Chicago
A storytelling project by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel explores the social impacts of late 20th century deindustrialization.
MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022
Undergraduate engineering and computer science programs are No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
3 Questions: Jean-Jacques Degroof SM ’93, PhD ’02 on how MIT became an entrepreneurial powerhouse
The Institute wasn’t always prolific in entrepreneurship, according to the venture investor.
Mitigating hazards with vulnerability in mind
To mitigate natural hazards equitably, PhD candidate Ipek Bensu Manav of the MIT CSHub is incorporating social vulnerability into resilience engineering and hazard recovery.
Study: Crowds can wise up to fake news
Experiment with Facebook-flagged content shows groups of laypeople reliably rate stories as effectively as fact-checkers do.
Who can bend light for cheaper internet?
ARROW, a reconfigurable fiber optics network developed at MIT, aims to take on the end of Moore’s law.
3 Questions: Peko Hosoi on the data-driven reasoning behind MIT’s Covid-19 policies for the fall
“We have not played all our cards yet,” says the associate dean of engineering and co-founder of the Isolat modeling group.
Maria Zuber on MIT’s Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Postdocs who feel safe taking risks benefit MIT’s research community, says MIT’s vice president for research.
Social media messages from health care workers help reduce travel-related Covid-19 spread
Large-scale video campaign allowed physicians and public health messengers to encourage staying home over the 2020 holidays.
MIT-Japan Program establishes the Patricia Gercik Memorial Fund
The endowed fund will provide financial support for student internships in Japan.
3 Questions: Martin Schmidt on MIT’s Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
MIT’s provost discusses how community building, collaboration, accountability, and critical investments will build a more impactful MIT.
3 Questions: Making the 2021-22 school year work for students
Associate Professor Justin Reich co-authors a new report on reimagining K-12 schools for a post-pandemic world.
Machine learning discovers new sequences to boost drug delivery
MIT researchers employ machine learning to find powerful peptides that could improve a gene therapy drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.