Sir William R. Hawthorne, former professor of mechanical engineering, dies at 98
Pioneer of jet-engine technology fostered trans-Atlantic, Cambridge-to-Cambridge collaboration.
New dorm on the block
Institute welcomes recently renovated Maseeh Hall to the neighborhood with community event.
MIT paper wins award at International Conference on Engineering Design
Alumnus Michael Pasqual and professor Olivier de Weck win ‘Reviewers’ Favorite’ award
Fink named RLE director
Succeeds Shapiro to lead one of the Institute’s oldest interdepartmental labs
Shah returns to CSAIL
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory welcomes one of its latest additions (and alumnus): Assistant Professor Julie Shah.
Helping space shuttles achieve liftoff
MIT has contributed 27 alumni-astronauts, plenty of earthbound expertise.
Three from MIT named Fulbright scholars
One student, two recent graduates to travel to Japan, Ghana and the Dominican Republic.
Making MIT’s (750-pound) sesquicentennial cake
See the five-day process that started at Montilio's bakery in Brockton ended with the MIT150 sesquicentennial cake — all 750 pounds of it — being devoured at Toast to Tech.
Reunion giving tops $60 million
Tech Reunions 2011 brought a record number of participants to campus, drawn in part by the sesquicentennial celebrations. Reunion giving hit a new record.
‘To MIT — 150 more!’
Toast to Tech brings together the Institute community to cap its 150th anniversary celebrations in style.
MIT for Two
When Noramay Cadena ’03, MS ’11, MBA ’11 arrived on campus as an 18-year-old freshman, she brought along her toddler. When she returned to earn two graduate degrees, her daughter felt right at home.