Esther Duflo receives Princess of Asturias Award
Top Spanish prize awarded to MIT economics professor and J-PAL co-director for contributions to development economics and policies to reduce poverty.
Seeking deeper understanding of how the brain works
Edward Boyden develops techniques to study the brain, and how it operates, in finer detail.
Defusing bombs by color
Professor J. Kim Vandiver uses 3-D printing to help in explosives disposal in Cambodia.
MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2015-16 call for proposals
Funds support MIT's global engagement by promoting collaborations between MIT faculty and their counterparts abroad.
Tyler Jacks receives MIT’s Killian Award
Cancer biologist and Koch Institute director recognized with MIT faculty’s top honor.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Biology professor Michael Laub named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Five-year appointment will support research on how cells regulate their behavior in response to an external environment.
John Lienhard wins 2015 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
Lienhard becomes the sixth MechE faculty member to receive the prestigious ASME award.
Soriero selected an Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year
Julie Soriero, head of the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, is among 28 honored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
Three MIT physicists win 2015 NSF and DOE early-career awards
Assistant professors Aram Harrow, Yen-Jie Lee, and Tracy Slatyer will share $2.1 million in research support.
Robots compete in “Hack to the Future”
Final competition in MIT’s course 2.007 pays tribute to classic time-travel movie.
Emma Rogers Society provides lifelong links to MIT
Named for the widow of MIT's founder, group connecting widows and widowers of Institute faculty and alumni celebrates its 25th anniversary.