Adopting a holistic approach to problem-solving in business
A business-to-business marketing expert, Sharmila Chatterjee trains MIT's next generation of business leaders to break down silos.
Investors awaken to the risks of climate change
At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Fall Colloquium, finance executive Poppy Allonby lays out the current state of sustainability thinking among the investor class.
Students dive into research with the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students explore research topics relevant to their own interests, the MCSC, and member companies.
MIT Energy Initiative launches the Future Energy Systems Center
New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders to deploy clean energy advances at scale.
MIT Startup Exchange: Creating powerful synergies
A program within MIT Corporate Relations has become the largest university-based platform for startups to connect with corporations.
Meet the 2021-22 Accenture Fellows
The 2021-22 Accenture Fellows are bolstering research and igniting ideas to help transform global business.
Q&A: Cathy Wu on developing algorithms to safely integrate robots into our world
Assistant professor of civil engineering describes her career in robotics as well as challenges and promises of human-robot interactions.
From counting blood cells to motion capture, sensors drive patient-centered research
SENSE.nano symposium highlights the importance of sensing technologies in medical studies.
Meet the Oystamaran
Working directly with oyster farmers, MIT students are developing a robot that can flip heavy, floating bags of oysters, helping the shellfish to grow and stay healthy.
Q&A: More-sustainable concrete with machine learning
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers aim to design concrete mixtures that use AI to shrink environmental footprint and cost, while recycling byproducts and increasing performance.
Generating a realistic 3D world
A new AI-powered, virtual platform uses real-world physics to simulate a rich and interactive audio-visual environment, enabling human and robotic learning, training, and experimental studies.
Popular new major blends technical skills and human-centered applications
Combining computer science, data science, and economics, Course 6-14 prepares students to address thorny quandaries in many fields.
Energy hackers give a glimpse of a postpandemic future
The MIT EnergyHack brought together bright minds from across the world to address some of the energy sector’s most pressing challenges.
In MIT visit, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston ’05 explores the accelerated shift to distributed work
Houston discusses leading the company through the pandemic in a fireside chat hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Dexterous robotic hands manipulate thousands of objects with ease
Model-free framework reorients over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation.