Deshpande Center call for proposals
Grant proposals may be submitted by any MIT faculty member with principal investigator status.
MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
A total of 96 MIT faculty have been awarded funds through the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives for 2014-2015.
Sylvia Ceyer elected to NAS governing council
Professor and head of the MIT Department of Chemistry will serve on the governing council of the National Academy of Sciences for a three-year term.
Taking technology from the lab to the patient
Daniel Anderson wants to bring advances in drug delivery and biomaterials to the clinic.
Jack Ruina dies at 91
Emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science was a former MIT vice president for special labs and first director of MIT's Security Studies Program.
Irving Singer, professor emeritus of philosophy, dies at 89
Longtime member of the MIT philosophy community was a dedicated professor, prolific writer.
Eight from MIT elected to National Academy of Engineering
New members include the Institute’s president and the director of Lincoln Laboratory.
Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.
When logic meets rhetoric
Edward Schiappa has studied reason and rhetoric from ancient Greece to “Will & Grace.”
New faculty in engineering
Twelve new faces join six academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Jay Scheib named new housemaster for Senior House
Committee recommends music and theater arts professor for MIT’s oldest residential community.
Decoding the meaning of language
Linguist Kai von Fintel engages in research at the intersection of science and the humanities.
Making more than pretty pictures
Felice Frankel uses strong visual vocabulary to eliminate ambiguity and sell ideas.
Biology, driven by data
Newly tenured biological engineer Ernest Fraenkel goes where the numbers lead.
