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Benoit Forget, associate professor of nuclear science and engineering (left) and Nicholas Roy, professor of aeronautics and astronautics (right)

3Q: Assessing MIT’s computing infrastructure needs

In planning for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, working group is exploring needs across all parts of the Institute.

April 28, 2019

The ceremonial signing of the new industry collaboration industry between the NEET program and Boeing

NEET welcomes Boeing sponsorship

Collaboration will help MIT students become leaders in autonomous machines.

April 23, 2019

David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Carnegie fellowship.

David Autor awarded Carnegie fellowship

MIT economist will study U.S. demographics and the urban-rural split in contemporary society.

April 22, 2019

Srini Devadas (l) and Troy Van Voorhis (r)

3Q: Setting academic parameters for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Working Group on Curricula and Degrees co-chairs discuss their progress toward establishing credentials and courses for the college.

April 19, 2019

A team of scientists at MIT and elsewhere has developed a neural network, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), that can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary in a sentence or two.

Can science writing be automated?

A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.

April 17, 2019

Asu Ozdaglar (l) and Nelson Repenning (r)

3Q: Structuring the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Co-chairs of the Organizational Structure working group discuss their goals and progress.

April 17, 2019

3 Questions: Provost Martin Schmidt on building a new college

Working groups of faculty, students, staff are meeting regularly to develop ideas for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

April 10, 2019

LIGO laboratory detection site near Hanford in eastern Washington.

3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO

“If we are very lucky, we might observe something new … or maybe even something totally unexpected.”

April 1, 2019

3 Questions: Why are student-athletes amateurs?

MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force.

March 24, 2019

Perception of a familiar face, such as Scarlett Johansson, is more robust than for unfamiliar faces, such as German celebrity Karoline Herferth.

What's in a face?

McGovern Institute researchers find that the brain starts to register gender and age before recognizing a face.

March 22, 2019

Tony Bartelme and his colleagues at the <i>Charleston Post and Courier</i> will receive the 2019 Victor K. McElheny Award for their reporting on the Gulf Stream.

Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program’s Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award

Award honoring local and regional science journalism will go to a reporting team from the Charleston Post and Courier.

March 18, 2019

The Apollo astronauts and engineers were joined onstage by some of MIT’s astronaut alumni, including two active astronauts, Mike Fincke and Warren Hoburg (in blue jackets).

MIT celebrates 50th anniversary of historic moon landing

Symposium featuring former astronauts and other Apollo mission luminaries examines the program’s legacy.

March 15, 2019

For the second year, the Independent Activities Period course was coordinated by Alexander Amini ‘17 and Ava Soleimany ’16.

Exercises in amazement: Discovering deep learning

A popular student-coordinated class draws a capacity crowd from across the MIT campus and beyond.

March 15, 2019

Danielle Wood (left) and Christine Joseph.

Microgravity research after the International Space Station

Researchers say new facilities in space should be available to scientists from any country.

March 12, 2019

MIT graduate engineering, business programs earn top rankings from U.S. News for 2020

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 3.