5 from MIT win NIH awards
The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.
Making stem-cell therapy a reality
In Killian Award lecture, Rudolf Jaenisch outlines progress and possibilities for treating human disease with stem cells.
School of Engineering Dean Search Advisory Committee appointed
12-member group will be led by Professor Jeffrey Shapiro.
OpenCourseWare: A Decade of Global Benefit
Shigeru Miyagawa celebrates OCW’s accomplishments and shares one of the program’s many success stories.
National Research Council releases assessment of U.S. doctoral programs
Rankings reaffirm MIT’s leadership role in science and technology.
Evan Ziporyn embarks on a season of major musical events
Carnegie Hall performance, new opera premiere are just a few of the award-winning composer's upcoming events.
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?