Leveraging science and technology against the world’s top problems
From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet.
SeXX and Immunity event raises crucial questions for society
Why has it taken the scientific community so long to include sex as a biological variable in research and analysis as a matter of course?
Dan Huttenlocher ponders our human future in an age of artificial intelligence
For the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing dean, bringing disciplines together is the best way to address challenges and opportunities posed by rapid advancements in computing.
Featured video: L. Rafael Reif on the power of education
At Monterrey Tec, MIT’s president discusses the impact of education in addressing global issues.
“Yulia’s Dream” to support young, at-risk Ukrainian students of mathematics
MIT Department of Mathematics launches a free math enrichment and research program for Ukrainian high school students and refugees.
MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2022-23
Graduate engineering, economics, and various science programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
Q&A: Stuart Schmill on MIT’s decision to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement
Standardized tests help the Institute’s admissions team identify and assess students from all backgrounds, says MIT’s dean of admissions and student financial services.
Traveling the world to make a global impact
MISTI sends first Independent Activities Period students abroad since 2020.
Q&A: Bettina Stoetzer on envisioning a livable future
MIT anthropologist discusses her new book on ruderal ecologies, her environmental justice class — and how societies can expand their "imagination for how to live otherwise."
Lawrence Udeigwe uses elegant math to understand complex systems of the brain
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar bridges disciplines to translate vision into elegant math and neuroscience theory.
3 Questions: Jackson Lu on the “bamboo ceiling” in some graduate schools
Research finds ethnic East Asians often struggle with the Socratic pedagogy of U.S. business schools and law schools.
Reviving war-game scholarship at MIT
MIT Center for International Studies and Security Studies Program offer new resources for modeling human behavior and decision-making in real-world scenarios.
Portal to another world
An expert in medieval literature, Arthur Bahr is working toward a book on the Pearl-Manuscript — a rare 14th-century document that includes “Pearl” and three other works.
Nilma Dominique aims to build community and nourish the soul
Dominique was one of four honorees recently awarded an MLK Jr. Leadership Award.
Historic entrepreneurship course shows no signs of slowing down
New Enterprises, possibly the oldest entrepreneurship course in the country, has made its mark throughout the greater Boston community.