Faculty highlight: Robert Macfarlane
MIT chemist constructs nanoparticle-based crystals by programming interactions of synthetic polymers and biopolymers at the molecular level.
Electing to vote — or not
Assistant Professor Ariel White is looking to understanding how government, policies, and people affect voting behavior.
Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.
3Q: Fotini Christia and Ali Jadbabaie on researching the dynamics of sociopolitcal change
MIT faculty discuss how a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration helps us understand the mechanics of social and political change.
High-intensity fusion
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod nuclear reactor winds down — and defines its legacy on its final run.
Kwanghun Chung receives NIH New Innovator Award
Award will support the development of technologies that can enable a better understanding of complex biological systems.
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize
Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.
Bruno Perreau named to the French Academic Palms
Humanities scholar honored with France's highest distinction for academics.
Raffaele Ferrari receives Cody Award in Ocean Sciences
EAPS professor honored for excellence in oceanography.
Changing the face of conservatism in the U.S.
New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”
Benoit Forget: Unraveling complexities of nuclear reactors
By making detailed simulations of reactor cores, the MIT engineer is helping to advance new designs.
Professor Emeritus Ali Javan, inventor of the first gas laser, dies at 89
Longtime MIT professor was a trailblazer in the fields of laser technology and quantum electronics.