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Youssef Marzouk (left) and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou assume new roles at the Center for Computational Engineering at “an exciting time for computation at MIT,” says School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan.

Youssef Marzouk and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou to direct the Center for Computational Engineering

New leadership team named for the Institute's interdisciplinary hub for advanced thinking in the science and engineering of computation.

October 31, 2018

Armon Sharei, CEO and founder of SQZ Biotech.

Squeezing cells to cure diseases

Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique.

October 31, 2018

Letter from President Reif: Consoling each other and helping to heal the world

October 30, 2018

BSU members began helping recruit black students in 1968. In 1972, assistant director of admissions John A. Mims and two MIT student guides (left) welcomed students visiting from 23 high schools.

The BSU at 50

The Black Students’ Union marks a half-century of making MIT more diverse.

October 30, 2018

3Q: Alyce Johnson on upholding the rights of MIT’s transgender community

At MIT, “we are committed to looking after each other,” says interim Institute community and equity officer.

October 29, 2018

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong welcomes attendees to MITEI’s annual research conference, which featured panels on topics ranging from climate change to energy startups to the critical role artificial intelligence and machine learning can play in developing technology for a low-carbon energy future.

Q&A: Climate change, tough tech startups, and the future of energy intelligence

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong offers his perspective on the takeaways from MITEI’s annual research conference.

October 25, 2018

Volha Charnysh is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science.

The aftermath of violence

Investigating the political and economic consequences of large-scale deadly conflict, Volha Charnysh discovers that community-level interactions make a big impact.

October 24, 2018

The Infinite Cooling team accepts the $100K Diamond Winner Award at the MassChallenge Awards on Oct. 17 in Boston. Left to right: co-founder Associate Professor Kripa Varnasi, co-founder Maher Damak, co-founder Karim Khalil, and COO Derek Warnick.

MIT spinoff takes top honor at MassChallenge Awards

Infinite Cooling, a startup from the Varanasi Research Group, was a $100K Diamond Winner at the MassChallenge Awards.

October 23, 2018

"Sylvain made enduring contributions to philosophy and linguistics," said Alex Byrne, head of the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, "and his colleagues and students were frequent beneficiaries of his kindness and intellectual generosity. He had an amazing life in so many ways, and MIT is all the better for having been a part of it."

Professor Emeritus Sylvain Bromberger, philosopher of language and science, dies at 94

Bromberger played pivotal role in establishing MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.

October 22, 2018

Letter to MIT faculty regarding engagement with Saudi Arabia

October 22, 2018

“Even if you look at a clean study, the [outcome] is usually a composite of multiple components, any one of which could be actually causing the effect,” says Associate Professor Teppei Yamamoto.

Refining the “science” of political science

Teppei Yamamoto examines the methods of his discipline, to help scholars nail down cause and effect.

October 21, 2018

Four from MIT have been honored by the American Physical Society for their outstanding contributions to the field. Clockwise from top left: Lisa Barsotti, Martin Bazant, Richard Lanza, and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero.

Four from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2018

Lisa Barsotti, Martin Bazant, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Richard Lanza receive prestigious honor recognizing them for their research and leadership.

October 17, 2018

Angelika Amon wins 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Four other MIT researchers to receive New Horizons Prizes in math and physics; two alumni win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

October 17, 2018

Kristin Bergmann named a 2018 Packard Fellow

She will investigate the early history of complex life and the environments that supported it, both in the field and lab.

October 16, 2018

Fusion, and specifically the physics of plasmas, has remained Nuno Loureiro’s primary research focus through graduate school, postdoc stints, and now in his research and teaching at MIT.

Nuno Loureiro: Probing the world of plasmas

Physicist explores the behavior of the universe’s most abundant form of matter.

October 15, 2018

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