A serious plea for playful design
In their new book, “Urban Play,” MIT researchers advance the idea of using technology to make urban life creative and unpredictable.
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Paul Lagacé, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, dies at 63
Lagacé, an expert on composite materials and structures, was passionate about MIT and the Boston Red Sox.
Making it through a pandemic senior year with curiosity and community
Miles Johnson ’21, a recent graduate in mathematics and EECS, employed a strong dorm network and personal interests including rock climbing and jazz to complete a rich MIT experience.
The new wave of robotic automation
Peter Howard SM ’84 is the CEO of Realtime Robotics, a startup transforming autonomous robot motion planning to enable seamless, affordable human-robot collaboration.
On a quest through uncharted territory
Math professor Ankur Moitra seeks algorithms with provable guarantees, to pin down the mechanisms of machine learning.
Taking an indirect path into a bright future
Matthew Johnston ’20 uses physics and baseball skills to get remote villages on the grid.
Building robots to expand access to cell therapies
Alumni-founded Multiply Labs uses an automated manufacturing platform to produce advanced treatments at scale.
Covid hackathon solutions in action
The winners of the MIT COVID Hack community competition share the status of their concepts.
Collaborators in climate action
Symposium highlights ambitious goals of MIT–industry research targeting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fair ball! Sports analytics reckons with equity
The 15th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference puts social issues into play.
Encouraging solar energy adoption in rural India
What motivates people in remote communities to decide to buy and use a particular energy source?
MIT.nano courses bring hands-on experimentation to virtual participants
Five courses celebrate the nanoscale, highlight technologies in photogrammetry and 360-degree videography.
Driving on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle tech
Leveraging research done on campus, student-run MIT Driverless partners with industry collaborators to develop and test autonomous technologies in real-world racing scenarios.
3 Questions: Ian Waitz and Blanche Staton on MIT’s continuing commitment to graduate students
Despite the pandemic, the Office of the Vice Chancellor has continued to make progress on efforts to enhance the MIT graduate student experience.
With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.