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Letter to the community: Pausing to appreciate two Supreme Court decisions

June 20, 2020

3 questions with James H. Williams, Jr., professor of mechanical engineering

Two new textbooks by Williams present engineering mechanics with a blend of the modern and historical.

June 17, 2020

A new study led by an MIT professor shows that areas in the U.S. introducing R&D tax credits experience a 20 percent rise in high-quality new-firm-formation over a 10-year period.

State-level R&D tax credits spur growth of new businesses

Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.

June 12, 2020

The Massachusetts Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) has been aided by a large group of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni as it has helped local manufacturers begin producing personal protective equipment. This photo, from April 13, 2020, shows Gov. Charlie Baker, left, and Brenna Schneider, CEO of 99Degrees, who holds one of the hundreds of thousands of medical isolation gowns her company has...

MIT plays key role in statewide effort to produce PPE

Massachusetts Emergency Response Team helps manufacturers produce personal protective equipment and other medical devices for health care workers.

June 9, 2020

Left to right: MIT associate professors Eden Medina of science, technology, and society and Sarah Williams of technology and urban planning. Medina is particularly well-versed in the social, historical, and ethical aspects of computing, and Williams brings expertise as a practicing data scientist. Their multi-layered course, Data and Society, is designed to train practitioners who know how to use ...

The social life of data

New Data and Society course engages students in the ethics and societal implications of data.

June 8, 2020

Media Advisory — MIT Online Commencement Friday, May 29

Online ceremony will feature an address by Admiral William H. McRaven, a community-sourced music project, salutes from President Reif and student leaders, and celebratory surprises.

May 28, 2020

Like this year’s seniors, the Class of 1970 had its final semester disrupted.

Podcast transcript: A tale of two classes 50 years apart

May 27, 2020

Clockwise from upper left: Angela Belcher, Bruce Walker, Jianzhu Chen, Feng Zhang, Siqi Zheng, and Lee Gehrke

Six from MIT awarded research funding to address Covid-19

Multi-institutional MassCPR initiative announces more than $16.5 million to support 62 Boston-area projects.

May 19, 2020

MIT News recently spoke with three leaders of MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future. Left to right: co-chair David A. Mindell, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, the Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT; executive director Elisabeth Beck Reynolds PhD ‘10, who is also executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center; and co-chair David ...

The changing world of work

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future responds to rapid changes brought by the pandemic.

May 18, 2020

Letter regarding efforts to chart MIT’s course for the summer, fall, and beyond

May 15, 2020

Researchers with the IDSS Covid-19 Collaboration (Isolat) are designing a control model for testing and isolating members of communities like MIT’s to reduce Covid-19 infection.

A data-driven response to a pandemic

Isolat, a volunteer collaboration organized by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, informs coronavirus policy by analyzing data associated with the pandemic.

May 15, 2020

Accurate and trustworthy messaging about the coronavirus are critical to ensuring citizens are educated to take proper preventative action.

Informing Covid-19 preparedness in Sierra Leone

MIT Governance Lab and the Institute for Governance Reform, working with the government of Sierra Leone, conduct rapid-response surveys to address Covid-19.

May 13, 2020

Thomas Peacock, seen here on a research cruise off the coast of California in March 2018, has conducted research at sea for 15 years on global-class research vessels and aboard local coastal vessels all over the world — from the South China Sea to the Arctic.

Protecting seafarers and the global supply chain during Covid-19

Professor Thomas Peacock is a member of the UN Global Compact Task Force urging coordinated international response for offshore and shipping industries.

May 12, 2020

By being virtual, CP* — the 2020 version of MIT Campus Preview Weekend — democratized access; admitted students and their families from anywhere could tune into anything, on almost any platform — all in the same space.

In light of the pandemic, a virtual Campus Preview Weekend

With just weeks to change course, the MIT community came together to create a virtual version of MIT’s iconic weekend for admitted students.

May 11, 2020

Yukio Okamoto “brought to MIT an unparalleled set of experiences on the world stage. A great loss of a great man — and friend of us all,” said Richard Samuels, the Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies.

Yukio Okamoto, Japanese diplomat and MIT research fellow, dies at 74

The former special advisor to two Japanese prime ministers fostered US-Japan relations.