Photos: 2024 Nobel winners with MIT ties honored in Stockholm
Laureates participated in various Nobel Week events, including lectures, a concert, a banquet, and the Nobel ceremony on Dec. 10.
Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful clean energy source
Driven to solve hard problems, Associate Professor Zachary Hartwig is advancing a new approach to commercial fusion energy.
Daniela Rus wins John Scott Award
MIT CSAIL director and EECS professor named a co-recipient of the honor for her robotics research, which has expanded our understanding of what a robot can be.
Professor Emeritus Hale Van Dorn Bradt, an X-ray astronomy pioneer, dies at 93
Longtime MIT faculty member used X-ray astronomy to study neutron stars and black holes and led the All-Sky Monitor instrument on NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.
Introducing MIT HEALS, a life sciences initiative to address pressing health challenges
The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative will bring together researchers from across the Institute to deliver health care solutions at scale.
3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South
International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.
How mass migration remade postwar Europe
Volha Charnysh’s new book examines refugees and state-building in Germany and Poland after World War II, as new residents spurred economic and civic growth.
Q&A: Transforming research through global collaborations
Josephine Carstensen and David McGee discuss the value and impact that MIT Global Seed Funds, which create synergistic partnerships between faculty and peers abroad, added to their research.
A data designer driven to collaborate with communities
Associate Professor Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data — and why we lack it for many things.
Creating innovative health solutions for individuals and populations
Physician and engineer Giovanni Traverso found an early passion for molecular genetics, leading to an interdisciplinary career helping others.
Troy Van Voorhis to step down as department head of chemistry
Professor oversaw department growth, strengthened community, and developed outreach programs.
Improving health, one machine learning system at a time
Marzyeh Ghassemi works to ensure health-care models are trained to be robust and fair.
Professor Emeritus James Harris, a scholar of Spanish language, dies at 92
The longtime professor is remembered for his influential role in MIT’s linguistics program and in the expansion of foreign language instruction at the Institute.
Catherine Wolfram: High-energy scholar
The MIT Sloan professor has become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response.
Curiosity, images, and scientific exploration
Professor of the practice Alan Lightman’s new book digs into the wonder of striking visual phenomena in nature.