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An artist's rendering of the twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the moon. The project uses two spacecraft flying in formation with known altitude amd separation distance to investigate the moon's gravity field in unprecedented detail.

To the moon

MIT-led GRAIL mission to map the lunar gravitational field.

September 8, 2011

Dr. William Kettyle, medical director of MIT Medical, 'installs' one of the new signs that will be placed around Building E23, signifying the new tobacco-free zone within 25 feet of MIT Medical.

Creating more room to breathe

MIT Medical is first building on campus to be 100 percent tobacco-free inside and out

September 7, 2011

A movement is afoot to extend SA+P's commitment to New Orleans still further by developing a Living Laboratory at MIT, designed for undergraduates from all five schools at the Institute.

Still rebuilding New Orleans

SA+P’s sustained commitment seeks to extend still further

September 7, 2011

MIT ranked third in top worldwide university rankings

September 6, 2011

Cracking the code

MIT sociologist’s book takes an insider look at investment banking and the high-risk trades that can spin out of control.

September 6, 2011

School of Science honors graduate teachers

Math's Behrens, biology's Solomon win annual award

August 31, 2011

Andrew Lo, the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of MIT’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering

Andrew Lo joins CSAIL

Economist hopes to merge the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence with research on financial markets and risk.

August 30, 2011

Hurricane Irene near Florida on Wednesday.

Community urged to prepare for Hurricane Irene

While path is still unpredictable, storm likely to produce strong winds, rain in the New England region.

August 26, 2011

Sussman named interim director of MIT’s Engineering Systems Division

Professor of civil and environmental engineering succeeds Yossi Sheffi

August 25, 2011

New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors

IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.

August 24, 2011

MIT paper wins award at International Conference on Engineering Design

Alumnus Michael Pasqual and professor Olivier de Weck win ‘Reviewers’ Favorite’ award

August 22, 2011

Close-up of a horn. The right half has a blue overlay, coloring the french horn blue. There is an orange square overlaying both halves at the bottom center.

Said and Done

Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.

August 17, 2011

MIT professor emeritus Yao Tzu Li dies at 97

Champion of innovation sought to instill entrepreneurship in students.

August 16, 2011

Emery N. Brown, professor of health sciences and technology and computational neuroscience at MIT.

Emery N. Brown receives the 2011 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

August 12, 2011

Sanofi Biomedical Innovation Award Program announces request for proposals

Biomedical Innovation Funding Awards (BIFAs)- Application deadline: Sept. 6