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Students enrolled in the MIT Course 2N program who also graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy pose with Rear Admiral Brian Antonio, a curriculum sponsor for the program.

Projects advance naval ship design and capabilities

At the annual MIT Ship Design and Technology Symposium, naval construction and engineering students presented their work on real-life naval design projects.

June 25, 2019

Greentown Labs is the largest clean technology incubator in North America by both square feet and the number of member companies. The open layout of its entrance, shown here, is designed to host events and encourage collaboration.

How Greentown Labs became the epicenter of clean tech

The incubator’s winding journey to success helped its startup community grow closer while addressing environmental challenges.

June 25, 2019

MIT startup Lumii creates ink designs that make images appear three dimensional on packages, labels, IDs, and more.

Creating 3-D images, with regular ink

MIT startup Lumii helps manufacturers replicate the visual effects of holograms on their printed materials.

June 19, 2019

Africa's Talking, which offers developers voice and text functions to add to their solutions, employs around 160 people and is scaling quickly around Africa.

A platform for Africa’s mobile innovators

Africa’s Talking gives entrepreneurs on the continent an easy way to add voice- and text-based functions to their solutions.

June 10, 2019

Squire Booker (front row, fifth from left) poses with the current MSRP students.

From one MSRP generation to the next

Squire Booker PhD ’94 met with former and current Summer Research Program students to explain how his summer experience at MIT shaped his research trajectory.

June 10, 2019

Michael Bloomberg, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term New York City mayor, addressed the Class of 2019 during MIT’s commencement ceremony on June 7. ““All of you are part of an amazing institution that has proven — time and time again —that human knowledge and achievement is limitless,” he said.

MIT class of 2019 witnesses $500 million climate pledge

Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.

June 7, 2019

Michael Bloomberg's Commencement address

Entrepreneur, philanthropist announces new climate initiative, says climate crisis "is unlike any other ever faced by humankind."

June 7, 2019

Squire Booker PhD ’94, the Evan Pugh Professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology and Eberly Family Distinguished Chair in Science at Penn State University, gave the keynote address at MIT’s Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral ceremony on June 6, 2019.

At doctoral ceremony, a strong call to provide opportunity for all

Biochemist Squire Booker PhD ’94 says MIT’s new doctoral graduates will “grow as future leaders” by giving back.

June 6, 2019

(Top to bottom, left to right): Roger C. Altman, Wesley G. Bush, Patricia R. Callahan, R. Erich Caulfield, Hala Fadel, Orit Gadiesh, John W. Jarve, Alan M. Leventhal, Laird M. Malamed, Paul R. Marcus, Sarah Melvin, Neil E. Rasmussen, David M. Siegel, Martin Y. Tang, Charles “C.J.” Whelan III.

MIT Corporation elects 11 term members, three life members

Term members will each serve one or five years on MIT’s board of trustees.

June 6, 2019

Left to right: MIT alumni Gergely "Greg" Sirokman PhD '07, Kristala Prather '94, and Sarah Moran '95

Helping to foster lifelong learning and bonding at MIT

A growing number of MIT alumni have taken part in knowledge enhancement programs through MIT Professional Education, as both students and facilitators.

June 6, 2019