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Faculty
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MIT makes plans for a quieter campus
With thousands now working and learning off-campus, the Institute aims to consolidate its footprint and conserve resources.
March 22, 2020 -
A business edge that comes with age
Economist Pierre Azoulay answers three questions about his finding that middle-aged entrepreneurs fare better than twentysomethings.
March 19, 2020 -
Ed Boyden wins prestigious Wilhelm Exner Medal
Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."
March 18, 2020 -
Pioneering researcher Jonathan Weissman joins Whitehead Institute and MIT
Globally respected cell biologist will be the Whitehead Institute’s inaugural Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology and a professor of biology at MIT.
March 16, 2020 -
Letter regarding solidarity and support for the community
March 16, 2020 -
Letter regarding working from home to limit spread of Covid-19
March 12, 2020 -
Letter regarding a significant new step in response to Covid-19
March 10, 2020 -
Why do banking crises occur?
In a new book, political scientist David Singer finds two key factors connected to financial-sector collapses around the globe.
March 10, 2020 -
Events postponed or canceled as MIT responds to COVID-19
Changes follow new Institute policies on travel, events, and visitors; some large classes to move online.
March 9, 2020 -
The elephant in the server room
Catherine D’Ignazio’s new book, “Data Feminism,” examines problems of bias and power that beset modern information.
March 9, 2020 -
2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Anikeeva, Fuller, Tisdale, and White receive MIT's highest honor in undergraduate teaching.
March 9, 2020 -
“Doing machine learning the right way”
Professor Aleksander Madry strives to build machine-learning models that are more reliable, understandable, and robust.
March 7, 2020 -
School of Engineering fourth quarter 2019 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
March 6, 2020 -
Letter regarding MIT's response to the coronavirus disease
March 5, 2020 -
MIT Emergency Management establishes COVID-19 planning team and working groups
Campus-wide effort to ensure academic, research, and business continuity, as well as continued medical, residential life, and communications response to COVID-19.
March 5, 2020 -
Agustín Rayo wins 2020 PROSE Award
MIT philosophy professor's “On the Brink of Paradox” honored as one of the best books in professional and scholarly publishing.
March 4, 2020 -
3 Questions: Joe Steinmeyer on guiding students into the world of STEM
Since 2009, Steinmeyer has taught more than 400 students in the MITES, MOSTEC, SEED Academy, and E2 programs.
March 4, 2020 -
Design, power, and justice
In new book “Design Justice,” Associate Professor Sasha Costanza-Chock examines how to make technology work for more people in society.
March 3, 2020 -
Empowering faculty partnerships across the globe
MISTI Global Seed Funds program has delivered $22 million to faculty since 2008.
March 3, 2020 -
Thomas Dupree, professor emeritus of nuclear science and engineering and physics, dies at 86
Highly regarded physicist was well-known for studying plasma turbulence in terms of coherent structures.
February 28, 2020