Leadership

Left to right: MIT professors Eytan Modiano, Erin Kelly, and Ju Li.

Portraits of mentoring excellence

Committed to Caring honors professors Modiano, Kelly, and Li, and calls for nominations.

July 18, 2019

Professor Timothy Jamison named to new associate provost position

Newly created role will foster diversity, inclusion, equity, and positive climate; search for new ICEO will expand.

May 31, 2019

Jessica Quaye (center) with friends after receiving the Albert G. Hill Prize and Laya W. Wiesner Award at the 2019 Awards Convocation.

MIT celebrates a year of excellence at the 2019 Awards Convocation

Students, groups, faculty, staff, and community members are honored for their achievements and dedication to MIT.

May 22, 2019

Hal Gregersen says questions are the answer

New MIT Sloan Executive Education program helps executives identify "unknown unknowns" through catalytic questioning.

May 17, 2019

“The Burchard Scholars are a thrilling group of MIT students,” says Margery Resnick, professor of literature and director of the Burchard Scholars program. “They are energized by ideas and consistently willing to express points of view that challenge commonly held ideas.”

Thirty-six MIT students selected as 2019 Burchard Scholars

In a dinner-seminar program of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, students expand intellectual horizons and leadership skills.

February 13, 2019

The MIT LeaderShape program was held at the Salvation Army Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts.

From vision to action

MIT’s LeaderShape program allows students to reflect, learn, and apply plans of action to make the world a better place.

February 4, 2019

Robert Simcoe will assume his post as director of MIT Kavli Institute on Jan. 16.

Robert Simcoe named director of MIT Kavli Institute

An expert in instrumentation and early universe observations, Simcoe succeeds Jacqueline Hewitt as head of MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research.

January 10, 2019

Hal Gregersen, author of “Questions Are the Answer.”

Q&A: Why business leaders should — yes — ask questions

MIT Sloan’s Hal Gregersen talks about his new book, “Questions Are the Answer.”

December 18, 2018

MIT Kavli Institute director Jacqueline Hewitt stands with a prototype of one of the four cameras aboard the Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS) instrument. Hewitt, who has overseen the TESS mission from NASA proposal to satellite launch in April, will step down as Kavli Institute director in January.

Jacqueline Hewitt to step down as director of the MIT Kavli Institute

Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.

November 29, 2018