Nergis Mavalvala wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Physics professor and two alumni are awarded $500,000 in no-strings-attached funding.
Cynthia Barnhart is appointed acting dean of the School of Engineering
Subra Suresh, nominated to head NSF, is on sabbatical leave for the fall semester.
MIT welcomes 8 MLK visiting professors and scholars
Scholars’ diverse backgrounds enhance MIT community, research and teaching.
Help design MIT’s 2010 holiday e-greeting
Community members are invited to submit ideas for MIT's 2010 holiday e-greeting. Cash prize awarded to winner, runner-up.
Community Wellness at MIT Medical launches revamped services
Changes name from Center for Health Promotion and Wellness
Disembodied performance
Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers, which features robots as performers, premieres this month. Is this the future of opera?
New dining venue opens with new Sloan building
The comprehensive 100 Main Marketplace offers everything from panini to pizza, Starbucks to salads.
Gates named MLK Visiting Professor in Physics
Supersymmetry pioneer will conduct research this year at MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics.
MISTI seeks proposals for Global Seed Funds; deadline is Sept. 15
Funds support MIT faculty, researchers in launching international projects and collaboration.
Scientist-astronaut and former MIT professor William B. Lenoir dies at 71
An MIT junior faculty member in the 1960s, he later flew on the space shuttle and became a NASA associate administrator.
MIT hosts 28 Amgen Scholars this summer
Undergraduates invited to conduct hands-on research with MIT faculty