Dava Newman named director of MIT Media Lab
Visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space will lead the Institute’s world-renowned research center.
Visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space will lead the Institute’s world-renowned research center.
More than 50 proposals to recast MIT for the post-Covid era released for review and community input.
MIT political scientist Richard Nielsen combines ethnography and big data to analyze clerics and preachers in the Islamic world.
MIT anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas reflects on the deep connection between planetary and human well-being.
Historic effort to eradicate blindness marks major milestone with leading scientists recognized for pioneering work.
Curiosity-driven basic science in the 1970s laid the groundwork for today’s leading vaccines against the novel coronavirus.
In a new book, “Data Action,” Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.
As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Professor Tanja Bosak helps determine the best samples to bring home for clues about life 4 billion years ago.
The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions.
Longtime MIT moral philosopher was a transformational figure and “the atomic ice-breaker for women in philosophy.”
By developing electrochemical technologies, he hopes to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
MIT is among nine universities selected as part of a program sponsored by the DoE to support science-based modeling and simulation and exascale computing technologies.
Choucri, Drennan, Fisher, Gershenfeld, Li, and Rus are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
Anthropologist touches on the history of tech-related job displacement and explores how other countries approach policies on robots, skills, and learning.