Faculty

Sir William R. Hawthorne, former professor of mechanical engineering, dies at 98

Pioneer of jet-engine technology fostered trans-Atlantic, Cambridge-to-Cambridge collaboration.

September 22, 2011

Kothari named director of the MISTI-India Program

September 20, 2011

Heather Paxson, an associate professor in MIT's Anthropology Program, studies the people and culture behind the renaissance of artisanal cheese making in the United States.

In Profile: Heather Paxson

Anthropologist examines the ‘everyday ethics’ of everything from cheese making to motherhood.

September 19, 2011

Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT.

Duflo wins APPAM’s Kershaw Award for public policy analysis

September 16, 2011

Said and Done for September 2011

The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest

September 16, 2011

David H. Koch Institute Professor Robert S. Langer

Langer wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

Biomedical engineer shares $250,000 award

September 15, 2011

MIT Sloan faculty and staff honored

September 14, 2011

Remembering Danny Lewin

September 13, 2011

MIT pauses to recall 9/11

September 12, 2011

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Felix Parra

Felix Parra returns to fusion program

September 12, 2011

Memorial Mass for Del Castillo taking place Sunday, Sept. 11

September 9, 2011

3 Questions: John Gabrieli on studying traumatic memories

Sept. 11, 2001, is a day that lives in infamy. But how accurately do we remember it?

September 9, 2011

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