Melissa Choi named director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory
With decades of experience working across the laboratory’s R&D areas, Choi brings a focus on collaboration, technical excellence, and unity.
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Professor Emerita Mary-Lou Pardue, pioneering cellular and molecular biologist, dies at 90
Known for her rigorous approach to science and her influential research, Pardue paved the way for women in science at MIT and beyond.
3 Questions: Catherine D’Ignazio on data science and a quest for justice
In her new book, “Counting Feminicide,” D’Ignazio explores how activists have tabulated the epidemic of gender-based murder in Latin America.
MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2024-25
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
MIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces three winners of entrepreneurship awards
Twelve finalists participated in initiative and 2023-24 MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition, designed to support female biotech pioneers.
Nuh Gedik receives 2024 National Brown Investigator Award
Physics professor will use the award to develop a new kind of microscopy.
All in the family
New studies show that caste and ethnic identity play an outsize role in how business interacts with government in developing countries.
Convening for cultural change
At MIT and internationally, senior Cindy Xie works to bring people together for the health of humanity and the planet.
MIT scholars will take commercial break with entrepreneurial scholarship
Propelled by MIT mentors and colleagues, two Kavanaugh Fellows will spend a year getting their innovative technologies ready for the market.
New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation
The Trustnet browser extension lets individuals assess the accuracy of any content on any website.
John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award
The MIT physicist is honored for pioneering work in photonics that helped to advance tools for telecommunications and biomedicine.
MIT conductive concrete consortium cements five-year research agreement with Japanese industry
The MIT EC^3 Hub, an outgrowth of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, will develop multifunctional concrete applications for infrastructure.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana visits the Legatum Center at MIT
His delegation’s trip to campus included a conference on entrepreneurship and a meeting with Institute President Sally Kornbluth.
3 Questions: Paul Cheek on tactics for new startups
The Trust Center executive director has penned a new book that gives entrepreneurs a sequence of actions to get their ventures out into the world.
3 Questions: A shared vocabulary for how infectious diseases spread
Lydia Bourouiba’s research on fluid dynamics influenced new guidance from the World Health Organization that will shape how health agencies respond to respiratory infectious diseases.