Two MIT professors win prestigious Wolf Prize
Michael Artin and Robert Langer honored for groundbreaking work in mathematics and chemistry.
President Obama announces intent to appoint Esther Duflo to Global Development Council
MIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council.
Skoltech, MIT reflect on first year of collaboration
Anniversary event celebrates international ties.
Q&A: Associate Provost Philip Khoury on foreign policy in the Middle East
The Ford International Professor of History also talks about how an engineering school benefits the humanities and social science community.
MIT admits 650 talented and diverse students through early action
Changes in admissions process keep pace with rise in applications.
A flow of creativity
MIT’s Gediminas Urbonas emerged from the old Soviet Union to produce new art in Cambridge.
Young African leaders propose paths to prosperity for the continent
Members of Youth Think Tank meet with Legatum Center staff and fellows at MIT.
Graduate student David Sengeh gives back to Sierra Leone
Media Lab doctoral student created a competition to help youth in his home country create their own solutions.
System Design and Management student establishes MIT’s first mining club
Mining, Oil and Gas Club has sparked interest outside of MIT, notes Juan Esteban Montero.
Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, France
The researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.
Maria Zuber appointed vice president for research
Claude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.
3 Questions: World energy outlook
Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, talks about the future of fossil fuels and the prospects for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Funneling the sun’s energy
MIT engineers propose a new way of harnessing photons for electricity, with the potential for capturing a wider spectrum of solar energy.
John Brisson appointed as director of MIT/SUTD Collaboration Office
Professor of mechanical engineering will serve as the Institute’s liaison with SUTD leaders in Singapore.
