History of MIT

A portrait of Professor Arthur R. von Hippel at age 100, taken by his grandson Jonas Kahn, a professional photographer.

Institute Prof. von Hippel dies at 105; was leader in materials research

January 14, 2004

Professor Ned Thomas, director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led a group from MIT to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, in late January 2003.

News 2003: A look back at MIT news highlights

December 24, 2003

A drop of ferrofluid morphed into this design resembling Native American art.

MIT research highlights from the past year

December 24, 2003

Marking the passing

December 24, 2003

A model of a DeHavilland 4 is included in the MIT Museum exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of human, powered flight.

MIT firsts in flight

December 17, 2003

The MIT Museum's exhibit on the history of flight includes a display on Daedalus, a pedal-powered plane built by MIT students in the mid-1980s for a flight from Crete to Santorini.

Museum is state's official flight commemoration site

December 17, 2003

Reaction from the MIT community, university presidents and legislators

December 10, 2003

Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

December 10, 2003

Letter from President Charles Vest to MIT faculty and staff

December 5, 2003

Charles M. Vest

President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biography

December 5, 2003

Charles Vest to step down from MIT presidency

Has been staunch national advocate for education and research

December 5, 2003

Deborah Douglas, science and technology curator at the MIT Museum, examines one of the thermometers (held by Professor of Mechanical Engineering John H. Lienhard) stored for more than a century in the chest behind them.

Old thermometers make temp job for MIT Museum

September 24, 2003

One of the 22 bounty warrants returned from the MIT Museum to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This one is dated 1791 and is a receipt for sail cloth.

MIT returns John Hancocks to state

June 26, 2003

Maynard Tishman (left) and Marvin Fox point to their fathers in a photo of the F&T Restaurant in Kendall Square, which was demolished in the 1980s. The fathers, Isaac Fox and Robert Tishman, opened their doors in 1924 and passed the business on to the next generation.

F&T fans recall good talk and good food

June 12, 2003

Hacks make MIT history

June 4, 2003

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News 2003: A look back at MIT news highlights

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Marking the passing

MIT firsts in flight

Museum is state's official flight commemoration site

Reaction from the MIT community, university presidents and legislators

Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Letter from President Charles Vest to MIT faculty and staff

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Charles Vest to step down from MIT presidency

Old thermometers make temp job for MIT Museum

MIT returns John Hancocks to state

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