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Joel Jean PhD ’17, co-founder of Swift Solar, stands in front of the company’s sign at its permanent location in San Carlos, California.

Startup with MIT roots develops lightweight solar panels

“The inventions and technical advancements of Swift Solar have the opportunity to revolutionize the format of solar photovoltaic technology.”

June 15, 2020

“I knew the science was sound, I knew the math was sound, but even when everything is going as planned and you are actually seeing it happening with your own eyes, it’s still surreal,” says Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 on watching a Boeing 777 commercial airplane land using an approach she designed as an MIT grad student.

From delayed deceleration to Zooming

Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 recounts her final academic year at MIT, from once-in-a-lifetime field work to a virtual thesis defense.

June 14, 2020

The MIT Class of 2020 can look forward to an online celebration that Professor Eric Grimson, chair of the Commencement Committee, calls, "a joyful day that will honor our graduates."

Hacking Commencement

Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.

May 26, 2020

Microsoft President Brad Smith’s conversation with MIT Professor Daniela Rus on May 14 spanned a wide range of topics, from the challenges of Covid-19 to the security of online voting. The event was held as part of MIT’s “Hot Topics in Computing” series.

Microsoft President Brad Smith talks data, Covid-19, and a potential “digital 9/11”

Smith spoke with CSAIL Director Daniela Rus as part of a special series co-presented by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

May 21, 2020

Screenshot from MIT Sloan Executive Education's recent Platform Strategy live online program offering

MIT Sloan Executive Education pivots to live online courses

Jumping the digital learning curve is forging a whole new path for participant engagement and program delivery.

April 29, 2020

Mathai Mammen, head of R&D at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, was the keynote speaker at the Jameel Clinic's AI Powered Drug Discovery and Manufacturing Conference in February.

MIT conference reveals the power of using artificial intelligence to discover new drugs

Inaugural AI Powered Drug Discovery and Manufacturing Conference drew pharmaceutical companies, government regulators, and pioneering drug researchers.

April 27, 2020

The new Solve Health Security and Pandemics Challenge is designed to produce both short-term solutions to the impact of the current pandemic as well as longer-term strategies for future crises.

MIT Solve rises to meet health security and pandemic challenge

MIT Solve 2020 Challenge seeks tech-based solutions to health security challenges, including Covid-19 and future pandemics.

April 13, 2020

“I’ve recently encountered researchers at a loss for how to describe their visualizations in ways that make them more accessible. When visualizations appear in, say, textbooks, scientific publications, or educational materials, they might appear as braille translations of the image, but more often they appear as textual descriptions. But what is the best way to describe a visualization?,” sa...

3Q: Collaborating with users to develop accessible designs

An MIT team discusses the pitfalls of “parachute research” and the importance of “sociotechnical” factors.

March 13, 2020

A chemist investigates how proteins assume their shape

Matt Shoulders hopes to shed light on diseases linked to flawed protein folding.

February 23, 2020

Luis Videgaray, director of MIT’s AI Policy for the World Project, talking at his Starr Forum lecture, hosted by the Center for International Studies, on February 19, 2020.

A road map for artificial intelligence policy

In a Starr Forum talk, Luis Videgaray, director of MIT’s AI Policy for the World Project, outlines key facets of regulating new technologies.

February 20, 2020

Left to right: Joe Chung (Redstar), Ayah Bdeir (littleBits), Nan-Wei Gong (Figur8), Rana El Kaliouby (Affectiva), Eran Egozy (Harmonix), and John Underkoffler (Oblong) participate in a panel discussion about their entrepreneurial paths out of the Media Lab.

Out of the lab and into the world

E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.

February 11, 2020

Alchemista co-founder and CEO Christine Marcus MBA ’12 says she sold her house and dipped into her retirement savings to get the company off the ground.

MIT helps first-time entrepreneur build food hospitality company

Led by Christine Marcus MBA ’12, Alchemista is finding success with a human-centered approach to food service.

January 30, 2020

Madeline Abrahams, an EECS senior and MIT/Tang Family FinTech SuperUROP scholar, presents her work investigating the spread of misinformation related to climate change via algorithmic aggregation platforms at the SuperUROP Showcase.

At halfway point, SuperUROP scholars share their research results

In a lively poster session, more than 100 undergraduates discuss their yearlong research projects on everything from machine learning to political geography.

January 29, 2020

Daniela Rus (far right), director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), moderated a panel on dispelling the myths of AI technologies in the workplace. The AI and the Work of the Future Congress was co-organized by CSAIL, the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and the MIT Work of the Future Task Force.

MIT conference focuses on preparing workers for the era of artificial intelligence

As automation rises in the workplace, speakers explore ways to train students and reskill workers.

November 22, 2019

Forum participants engage in a discussion to advance CEE curriculum fundamentals. (Left to right:) Donald Webster of Georgia Tech, David Rosowsky of the University of Vermont, Julie Zimmerman of Yale University, and Robert Gilbert of the University of Texas at Austin.

Forum addresses future of civil and environmental engineering education

Academic leaders cite urgent need to expand, enhance curriculum to address societal challenges.