Are we still listening to space?
Despite the planet’s seeming standstill, graduate students continue to use LIGO to identify astrophysical events.
3 Questions: Historian Emma Teng on face masks as 公德心
“Doing something for the community good is good for me also” is known as gongdexin (in Mandarin), kootokushin (in Japanese), and kongdokshim (in Korean).
A scientific approach to education reform
Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic have laid bare the need to reinvent education. Sanjay Sarma’s new book points a way.
Nergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean
Astrophysicist and associate head of the physics department will succeed Michael Sipser.
Louis Kampf, professor emeritus of literature and women's and gender studies, dies at 91
As a teacher, Kampf was consistently both a generous force of inclusion and a prod of conscience.
A SHARP process for populating campus this fall
Student leaders, faculty, and staff contributed to process, values, and decisions.
3 Questions: Eric Klopfer on the meaning of masks
During a pandemic, the mask is a badge of honor, indicating the important role that individuals play in protecting the health of others during a crisis.
MIT shares reopening plans with Cambridge City Council
Representatives detail plans to monitor and manage Covid-19 cases as students prepare to return to campus.
Building empathy and sharing wisdom on MIT’s Day of Dialogue
With more than 1,000 participants, daylong event encourages anti-racism conversations in the MIT community.
Nuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero are 2020 Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials
Funding will support using light to study quantum materials and on twistronics research to advance superconductivity and quantum technologies.
3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future examines job changes in the AV transition and how training can help workers move into careers that support mobility systems.
3 Questions: La-Tarri Canty and Jason McKnight on dismantling racism
Co-chairs of MIT’s Day of Dialogue committee share their hopes for the Aug. 5 event.
New US postage stamp highlights MIT research
For the robotics category in a new series celebrating innovation, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed and built by the Media Lab's Biomechatronics group.
Edward Allen, longtime professor of architecture, dies at 81
Known for embracing technical constraints in architectural design, Allen influenced students and professionals around the world.