MIT remembers Thomas Rose, a brilliant researcher and generous colleague
Faculty, students, staff, family, and friends gathered to remember the assistant professor and archaeometallurgist who died last month.
Hiroshi Ishii honored for contributions to global design and human-computer interaction
MIT Media Lab professor received the IDSA Special Achievement Award for three decades of research integrating physical and digital environments.
Q&A: Building accountability behind our words — and AI’s — in civic conversations
Professor Deb Roy contends there should be someone who is “answerable” for every piece of text in public life, no matter its origins.
Exploring how plants thrive in a changing environment
Associate Professor David Des Marais studies how plants interact with their surroundings and adapt over time.
3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center Director Alexander (Sasha) Rakhlin shares important considerations for departments and institutions.
Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers
By rethinking how large cloud computing systems operate, Associate Professor Christina Delimitrou seeks to make data centers more energy efficient.
MIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the country
The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI.
Computational tools for society’s most complex challenges
Associate Professor Cathy Wu uses reinforcement learning to help map out improvements to transportation and other multifaceted systems.
3 Questions: A new resource to empower young entrepreneurs
Martin Trust Center Managing Director Bill Aulet introduces Dear Dreamer, a free platform for middle and high school students who want to learn about entrepreneurship.
Governor Healey and President Kornbluth launch MIT Future Fest
The new, five-day MIT event reaches takeoff with a forum about discovery and innovation.
Who we become when we talk to machines
Professor Sherry Turkle’s new book, “Artificial Intimacy,” offers a withering critique of chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage.
FUNdaMENTALs of precision design
Precision, repeatability, and fun are the focus in mechanical engineering course 2.70 (Fundamentals of Precision Product Design).
Podcast: SHASS’s special sauce
Established after World War II, the School of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is an integral part of the MIT experience. Three faculty reflect on the school’s ongoing impact.
MIT researchers are mapping extreme weather risks — and building tools to act on them
The Climate Grand Challenges “New World of Weather” project shows how modeling, planning tools, and infrastructure analysis are translating research into real-world resilience.
Meet the 2026 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Faculty members granted tenure in Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Economics, Political Science, and Theater.