New directions in real estate practice
Professor Siqi Zheng promotes sustainable urbanization at MIT’s Center for Real Estate.
Asegun Henry has a big idea for tackling climate change: Store up the sun
“This is the key, the linchpin that will set a lot of things in the right direction,” says the mechanical engineering professor.
The tenured engineers of 2021
Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering.
2021 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards honor MIT educators’ innovation and empathy
Twenty-three instructors recognized for extraordinary online teaching with annual student-nominated award.
Arlene Fiore appointed first Stone Professor in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Fiore brings a breadth of expertise in climate science, atmospheric chemistry, and air pollution to MIT.
Global collaboration surges post-pandemic
MISTI Global Seed Funds program compounds Institute impact by supporting partnerships abroad.
Infrared cameras and artificial intelligence provide insight into boiling
MIT researchers train a neural network to predict a “boiling crisis,” with potential applications for cooling computer chips and nuclear reactors.
Professor Emeritus Sow-Hsin Chen, global expert in neutron science and devoted mentor, dies at 86
Contributions advanced dynamical properties of supercooled water and small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering over a 50-year career.
Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
Anders Sejr Hansen awarded prestigious Pew-Stewart Grant for Cancer Research
The Hansen Lab investigates how genetic elements, known as enhancers, control the expression of genes in cancer.
Agustín Rayo named interim dean of SHASS
Provost Martin Schmidt appoints the professor of philosophy and former associate dean to the role, launches search committee.
Looking for similarities across complex systems
Jörn Dunkel uses the “common language” of math to bridge disparate phenomena, from an embryo’s wrinkles to the twist of spaghetti.
One nation under contract
MIT historian Caley Horan’s new book chronicles the development of the insurance business into a U.S. behemoth.
Four MIT faculty members receive 2021 US Department of Energy early career awards
Faculty from the departments of Physics and of Nuclear Science and Engineering faculty were selected for the Early Career Research Program.
School of Engineering second quarter 2021 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.