Faculty

Hiromu Nagahara and his new book, “Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan’s Pop Era and Its Discontents,” published by Harvard University Press

Big in Japan

Historian’s new book explores pop music and the transformation of Japanese society.

April 27, 2017

Tommi Jaakkola is the inaugural Thomas Siebel Professor in EECS and IDSS.

Tommi Jaakkola appointed Thomas Siebel Professor in EECS and IDSS

Leader in machine learning and natural language processing takes on professorship established by veteran software entrepreneur Thomas Siebel.

April 26, 2017

Left to right: Rich Nielsen, Charles Stewart, and Daron Acemoglu

Three MIT scholars awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowships

Nielsen, Stewart, and Acemoglu receive high-profile grants for research.

April 26, 2017

“There are many thousands of combinations of materials and interfaces that we can create,” says associate professor Geoffrey Beach. “So with this wealth of material structures, rather than relying on the few materials that nature has given us, we can now design materials and their magnetic properties to exhibit the characteristics that we want.”

Geoffrey Beach: Drawn to explore magnetism

Materials researcher is working on the magnetic memory of the future.

April 24, 2017

MISTI funds over 80 MIT faculty projects

MISTI’s Global Seed Funds program announces its latest winners.

April 21, 2017

Throughout Tuesday, about 125 MIT faculty, students, and staff spread out across 16 nonprofits in Cambridge and Boston, as part of the second annual Together in Service Day, organized by the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center.

Coming together for a day of service and activism

Local volunteer projects and an extensive civic-engagement program draw more than 1,100 MIT community members.

April 20, 2017

Amos Winter, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, speaks to individuals in India, where he has introduced assistive technologies such as a wheelchair for rugged terrain.

Amos Winter wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award

Global leader in mechanical engineering named the recipient of MIT’s esteemed junior faculty award.

April 19, 2017

Michael Short, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT

Exelon Generation supports research on advanced nuclear fuel cladding coatings

Exelon Generation funding for the MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems could transform the performance of the fuel cladding in light water reactors.

April 19, 2017

In 2016, The MIT-Arab World Program matched 19 MIT students with teaching and internship placements in Jordan, home of the archaeological city of Petra.

Building connections between the Institute and countries in the Arab world

MISTI’s MIT-Arab World Program supports student and faculty activities with colleagues from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Syria.

April 18, 2017

Anthony French, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 96

Longtime Department of Physics professor assisted in nuclear bomb projects in England and Los Alamos, and was a leader in physics education.

April 18, 2017

Standing, left to right: QCC Board members Felicia Gauthier (Lincoln Laboratory) and Mike Lessard (Haystack Observatory) join Lincoln Laboratory Director Eric Evans in welcoming Lincoln Laboratory employees to the club: Diane Kefalas, Forrest Hunsberger Jr., Melissa Speros, Alexander Speros (Class of 2016), and David Granchelli (standing, right).

MIT Quarter Century Club welcomes new members for 2017

Class includes 99 new members from both the Cambridge campus and Lincoln Laboratory.

April 13, 2017

Polina Anikeeva, the Class of 1942 Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, is training for her third Boston Marathon. She has participated in others around the country, including at Disney World in Orlando. She ran that marathon as Tinkerbell.

The sanity of the long-distance runner

Associate Professor Polina Anikeeva, in preparing for the Boston Marathon, shares her love of running.

April 13, 2017

Eleven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2017

Prestigious honor society announces 228 new members this year.

April 12, 2017

With support from the NSF CAREER program, three rising faculty stars at MIT will receive funding to explore new frontiers and make a meaningful impact of everyday life.

Three MIT engineering faculty win 2017 NSF CAREER Awards

Support will enable the exploration of new research terrains.

April 10, 2017

MIT Professor Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, recently testified before a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled, “Federally Funded Cancer Research: Coordination and Innovation.” He is seen here presenting recommendations from the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel report to the National Cancer Advisory Board in Septem...

Tyler Jacks: NIH budget cuts would have “devastating” effects on progress against cancer

Koch Institute director advocates support for biomedical research in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.