MIT-based team works on rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost ventilator
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
MIT-affiliated companies take on Covid-19
A variety of companies with MIT ties are working to address aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
3 Questions: Ritu Raman on the Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT
MIT postoc and WISDM founder reflects on her role models and the Institute's innovation and entrepreneurship community.
A business edge that comes with age
Economist Pierre Azoulay answers three questions about his finding that middle-aged entrepreneurs fare better than twentysomethings.
Ed Boyden wins prestigious Wilhelm Exner Medal
Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."
A mobile tool for global change
Dimagi’s data-collection platform has helped improve health care for hundreds of millions of people around the world.
New approach to sustainable building takes shape in Boston
A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood.
President Reif testifies before Congress on U.S. competitiveness
“To stay ahead, the U.S. needs to do more to capitalize on our own strengths,” he tells representatives.
MIT Solve announces 2020 global challenges
Tech-based solutions sought for challenges in work environments, education for girls and women, maternal and newborn health, and sustainable food.
Dreaming big in a small country
MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.
A human-machine collaboration to defend against cyberattacks
PatternEx merges human and machine expertise to spot and respond to hacks.
An entrepreneur finds his way to MIT
Introduced to the Institute through MITx and MIT Bootcamps, Jakub Chudik is now a senior in EECS and CTO of his own startup.
Maintaining the equipment that powers our world
By organizing performance data and predicting problems, Tagup helps energy companies keep their equipment running.
Out of the lab and into the world
E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.
MIT helps first-time entrepreneur build food hospitality company
Led by Christine Marcus MBA ’12, Alchemista is finding success with a human-centered approach to food service.