Kellis to lead MIT team in new phase of GTEx project to elucidate basis of disease predisposition
NIH-sponsored work to characterize genetic variation in human tissues with roles in diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Celebrating 40 years of ballroom dancing at MIT
MIT’s Ballroom Dancing Club celebrates its 40th anniversary on Aug. 9.
A new leadership model for a new Haiti
Prime minister and cabinet members attend leadership workshop with MIT professors.
Following biological clues to better materials
Brad Olsen creates bioinspired and biofunctional materials for widely diverse applications.
The future of MIT education looks more global, modular, and flexible
Final report of Institute-wide Task Force offers 16 recommendations to help MIT evolve for a new world.
MIT economist Nancy Rose to take Department of Justice position
Expert in regulation and market competition will take leave to spearhead DOJ’s economic analysis.
Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic
Physicist reveals new techniques for controlling light by angle, creating transparent displays and photonic crystal bandgaps.
GEARing technology for developing markets
Amos Winter designs, builds, and delivers products for underserved populations around the world.
Otto Piene, leading figure in kinetic and technology-based art, dies at 86
Professor emeritus of visual design directed MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1974 to 1994.
JoAnn Carmin, expert on cities and climate change, dies at age 56
Professor examined urban responses to climate change; conducted extensive research in Africa, South America.
