Five with MIT ties tapped for Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor and four alumni honored for inventing electronic ink, the spanning tree protocol, and Sketchpad, a human-machine graphical communication system.
John Wyatt, longtime MIT professor and cofounder of Boston Retinal Implant Project, dies at 69
Dedicated researcher was a circuits expert developing a retinal implant to help the blind see.
Computer science meets economics
Constantinos Daskalakis adapts techniques from theoretical computer science to game theory.
Faculty highlight: Liang Fu
MIT theoretical physicist’s research bridges abstract math and exotic computing materials.
MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
MISTI program awards over $2 million to faculty across the Institute.
Thomas Levenson receives the 2016 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
Award will support research on the South Sea Bubble crisis as an example of connections between scientific developments and their larger social consequences.
3 Questions: Azra Akšamija's multidisciplinary practice in art and architecture
Professor's work explores blurred identities and representations of Islam in the West.
Symposium calls for science-based climate action
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues.
Edward Boyden wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Three neuroscientists share biomedicine prize for development of optogenetics
Second-round MindHandHeart Innovation Fund grant recipients announced
Grants totaling $24,870 were awarded to seven proposals in the second Innovation Fund cycle.
Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data
MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.
Christine Ortiz to step down as dean for graduate education
Six-year tenure was defined by collaboration across schools, departments, and offices.
Reality check in the factory
MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
