Judith Layzer, expert on environmental politics, dies at 53
Professor wrote influential works on science, public policy, and environmental advocacy.
Helen Elaine Lee and Emma Teng to head SHASS academic units
Dean Deborah Fitzgerald announces leadership appointments in Women's and Gender Studies and Global Studies and Languages.
Remote observing now in progress
After two years of work, MIT's Wallace Observatory team has "perfected" the ability to control its fleet of smaller telescopes remotely and automatically.
Students launch MIT INSPIRE competition
MIT hosts the first national high school-age competition for research projects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
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.
