Deblina Sarkar joins the MIT Media Lab faculty
New research group aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
3 Questions: MIT’s Quality of Life Survey is here
The survey, deployed every four years, is a unique, confidential forum for community input.
Richard Dudley, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 81
Longtime MIT professor strongly influenced the fields of probability, statistics, and machine learning.
MLK Luncheon speaker describes “dealing with scars nobody can see”
Exonerated Central Park Five member Kevin Richardson details his harrowing experiences and his hopeful vision for the future.
Understanding law in everyday life
Susan Silbey, a pioneer in studying popular attitudes toward the legal system, discussed her research while giving MIT’s annual Killian Lecture.
Out of the lab and into the world
E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.
New theories at the intersection of algebra and geometry
Professor Chenyang Xu applies the techniques of abstract algebra to study concrete but complex geometric objects.
Robert Gallager wins 2020 Japan Prize
The EECS emeritus professor is recognized for groundbreaking contributions in information and coding theory.
Frank Press, MIT geophysicist and U.S. science adviser, dies at 95
An advocate of international scientific cooperation, Press served as an MIT department head and lifetime MIT Corporation member.
Aron Bernstein, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Bernstein was a member of the Hadronic Physics Group in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, and a longtime anti-nuclear weapons activist.
3 Questions: Isabelle de Courtivron on the shock of becoming old
MIT professor emerita talks about her new memoir and aging in a patriarchal society.
Maurice Fox, professor emeritus of biology, dies at 95
A caring mentor and staunch political activist, Fox cared deeply about his students, the department, and the scientific enterprise.
Powering the planet
Fikile Brushett and his team are designing electrochemical technology to secure the planet’s energy future.
Surveying the quality of life at MIT
A new survey of MIT students, faculty, and staff will inform initiatives to improve the work-life experience on campus and at Lincoln Laboratory.