Five from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars
Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli; Christina Kim ’24; Abigail Schipper ’24; Sera Tolgay MCP ’18, SM ’18; and Rachel Zhang ’21 will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K.
MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Professor Anthony Sinskey, biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Center for Biomedical Innovation co-founder, dies at 84
Colleagues remember the longtime MIT professor as a supportive, energetic collaborator who seemed to know everyone at the Institute.
MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.
Cynthia Barnhart to step down as provost
An alumna and longtime faculty member, Barnhart helped lead the Institute for the last decade, serving as both chancellor and provost.
MIT spinout maps the body’s metabolites to uncover the hidden drivers of disease
ReviveMed uses AI to gather large-scale data on metabolites — molecules like lipids, cholesterol, and sugar — to match patients with therapeutics.
Mixing beats, history, and technology
Students in a unique MIT course taught by research scientist, DJ, and game designer Philip Tan explore DJ’ing and tech culture with a hands-on approach.
Gift from Sebastian Man ’79, SM ’80 supports MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing building
Alumnus is the first major donor to support the building since Stephen A. Schwarzman’s foundational gift.
Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors
Butlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient.
Puzzling out climate change
Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions.
Engineering joy
How the late Woodie Flowers helped create a new foundation for “the MIT way” of teaching.
Driving innovation, from Silicon Valley to Detroit
Doug Field SM ’92, Ford’s chief of EVs and digital design, leads the legacy carmaker into the software-enabled, battery-propelled future.
Eleven MIT faculty receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Faculty members and additional MIT alumni are among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding leadership potential.
From bench to bedside, and beyond
In the United States and abroad, Matthew Dolan ’81 has served as a leader in immunology and virology.
MIT spinout Gradiant reduces companies’ water use and waste by billions of gallons each day
The company builds water recycling, treatment, and purification solutions for some of the world’s largest brands.