MIT welcomes Virginia Rometty as its next visiting innovation fellow
Former head of IBM will focus on advancing women in STEM and entrepreneurship, and bolstering ethics and responsibility in a digital age.
Innovating delivery of financial services for Asian banks
MIT students collaborate with Hong Kong peers to propose fintech solutions during the MIT Entrepreneurship and Fintech Integrator.
Cynthia Breazeal named senior associate dean for open learning
Social robotics and artificial intelligence pioneer will oversee business units and help to guide innovative learning initiatives.
Volta Labs: Improving workflows for genetic applications
Udayan Umapathi SM ’17 and Will Langford SM ’14, PhD ’19 are co-founders of a Media Lab spinoff building a full-stack platform to enable automation for genomics and genetic engineering.
A dispatch and routing platform to improve deliveries
Wise Systems has grown from an MIT class project to a company helping multinationals improve last-mile logistics.
MIT receives $15M USAID award to promote research and innovation at universities in Latin America
The award will support development-oriented research through a Center for Innovation and Technology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.
Maria Zuber testifies before Congress on striking the right balance between research security and openness
“U.S. competitiveness depends less on defensive measures than on what we do to strengthen our own capacities,” says MIT’s vice president for research.
Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy
Secure AI Labs, founded by alumna Anne Kim and MIT Professor Manolis Kellis, anonymizes data for AI researchers.
MIT Sloan and Bayer team up to cultivate digital intrapreneurship capability
Corporate innovation leaders at Bayer engage MIT Sloan Executive Education in a transformational data science and intrapreneurship program.
Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health
Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.
Study: As a population gets older, automation accelerates
Economists find companies’ adoption of robots is partly due to shortages in middle-aged labor.
At delta v Demo Day, the MIT community celebrates student entrepreneurs
The 2021 event, held in Kresge Auditorium and streamed live, was an unmistakable sign that MIT’s campus is up and running.
End-to-end supply chain transparency
Leonardo Bonanni MA ’03, SM ’05, PhD ’10 is founder and CEO of Sourcemap, an MIT Media Lab spinoff helping multinationals gain unprecedented insights into their supply chains.
3 Questions: Jean-Jacques Degroof SM ’93, PhD ’02 on how MIT became an entrepreneurial powerhouse
The Institute wasn’t always prolific in entrepreneurship, according to the venture investor.
A new hub for MIT innovation and entrepreneurship
InnovationHQ in Kendall Square is home to several entrepreneurial support organizations and features space for startup activities, networking, and education.