"Hidden Figures" screening, discussion addresses the history of black women at NASA
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
3Q: Historian Harriet Ritvo on what it means to be "wild"
Scientists, social scientists, and humanists heed the call of the wild at MIT workshop.
Celebrating pioneering women in STEM at the MIT Libraries
For Ada Lovelace Day, a look at 10 women in STEM history from MIT’s rare books collection.
Scene at MIT: Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo code
A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon.
How MIT gave "Ghostbusters" its "geek cred"
From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.
Featured video: The MIT Telephone Banquet
A century ago, MIT hosted what became the largest-ever transcontinental telephone circuit at an event marking the Institute's move to Cambridge.
Apollo 13 commander James Lovell: “Crises don’t bother me anymore”
Astronaut’s visit to MIT draws capacity crowd as he recounts lunar mission’s “successful failure.”
Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
Thomas Levenson receives the 2016 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
Award will support research on the South Sea Bubble crisis as an example of connections between scientific developments and their larger social consequences.
How the Tizard Mission paved the way for research at MIT
Seventy-five years ago, an international meeting of scientific minds changed forever how MIT and other research institutions develop new technologies.
Celebrating Einstein
events to mark 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity
Events across MIT will mark the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity.
Michael Collins: “I could have been the last person to walk on the moon”
Apollo 11 astronaut speaks at MIT about his experiences leading up to the first moon landing.
Closing the ‘free will’ loophole
MIT researchers propose using distant quasars to test Bell’s theorem.
MIT historian's book honored
Harriet Ritvo’s "The Animal Estate" named to list of 100 most significant publications by Harvard University Press