3 Questions: Thomas Levenson on a finance scandal for the ages
MIT professor’s new book, “Money for Nothing,” digs into the origins and relevance of Britain’s South Sea Bubble.
A chemist who plays with space
Alison Wendlandt explores how the layout of atoms in molecules, such as sugars and drugs, can affect their nature and our bodies.
Daniel Wang, Institute Professor and pioneer in biochemical engineering, dies at 84
Longtime MIT professor launched the Biotechnology Process Engineering Center and influenced generations of students.
Donald Blackmer, professor emeritus of political science and longtime leader at MIT, dies at 91
Esteemed scholar and extraordinary steward of institutions and people was known to light up the academic landscape.
Addressing shared challenges for MIT this fall
In his latest letter, President L. Rafael Reif highlights three areas of "crucial work" for the MIT community.
A fall semester welcome to undergraduates
“We will find great meaning and satisfaction in having endured this historic test together,” President Reif told new and returning students.
Six strategic areas identified for shared faculty hiring in computing
New faculty in these areas will connect the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and a department or school.
How to help urban street commerce thrive
Associate Professor Andres Sevtsuk’s new book, “Street Commerce,” delves into the science of stores, streets, and public space.
Uncertainty, belief, and economic outcomes
Whether analyzing currency attacks or school choice, economist Stephen Morris seeks “a richer perspective on information structures.”
Covid-19 testing ramps up as MIT enters next phase of campus reopening
Over 8,000 tests were performed last week by MIT Medical.
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.