How to predict responses to disease
Computer model could help public health officials anticipate overreactions to disease outbreaks.
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Sports Shorts for Jan. 12, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Three Engineers named Burchard Scholars; Swimming and Diving and Track and Field open 2015 with wins.
Drones, Bitcoin, and robotic fish
Here are eight of the coolest things that happened at CSAIL in 2014.
Glen Shor named vice president for finance
Secretary for administration and finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will join MIT in January.
3Q: Hacking Ebola health care
More than 100 spend a weekend devising better personal protections, diagnostics, and medical records in the face of a deadly disease.
Life in better light
EGG Energy brings solar-powered electricity to rural Tanzania, improving quality of life and the environment.
Lorraine Goffe-Rush named vice president for human resources
Vice chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis will join MIT in February.
EECS undergrads shine at SuperUROP research review
In its third year, SuperUROP is having a positive impact.
3 Questions: Ben Weiss on the lunar dynamo
The moon’s molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo.
3 Questions: Lee Gehrke on a new paper diagnostic for Ebola
Simple device now in development could speed diagnosis and improve disease tracking.
Extreme materials and ubiquitous electronics
Tomás Palacios explores the application of novel materials in next-generation electronics to save energy and expand possibilities.
Improving media coverage of climate science
New web-based Climate Feedback application provides a method for scientists and journalists to improve the accuracy of climate science reporting.
Claude Canizares to step down as vice president
Reif: “For 40 years MIT has benefited from Claude’s exceptional commitment and service.”
Historic season carries MIT Football into NCAA playoffs
At 9-0, Engineers achieve first undefeated regular season since 1881.
Fitzgerald to step down as dean of SHASS
After nine years, dean will return to her position as a professor of the history of technology.