A warm welcome to the Class of 2027
“You belong here,” President Kornbluth assured students in her first MIT Convocation ceremony.
“No matter what, you showed up for one another here”
At the 2023 Commencement undergraduate ceremony, new graduates celebrate, reflect on remarks from Chancellor Melissa Nobles, and receive long-awaited diplomas.
Mark Rober tells MIT graduates to throw themselves into the unknown
The engineer and YouTuber advises the Class of 2023 to embrace optimism and collaboration.
President Sally Kornbluth’s charge to the Class of 2023
“Curiosity is endlessly electrifying,” Kornbluth told graduates.
Mark Gorenberg ’76 elected chair of the MIT Corporation
The founder of Zetta Venture Partners and longtime Corporation member succeeds Diane Greene SM ’78.
MIT faculty tackle big ideas in a symposium kicking off Inauguration Day
Ahead of the Institute’s presidential inauguration, panelists describe advances in their research and how these discoveries are being deployed to benefit the public.
“Join us in something important and new”
In her inaugural address, President Sally Kornbluth urges the MIT community to tackle pressing challenges, especially climate change, with renewed urgency.
With music and merriment, MIT celebrates the inauguration of Sally Kornbluth
Thousands packed Killian and Hockfield courts to enjoy student performances, amusement park rides, and food ahead of Inauguration Day.
MIT inaugurates “Dialogues Across Difference” series
Featuring philosopher John Tomasi, a lecture and conversation event launches a set of community gatherings.
3 Questions: John Dozier on Dialogues Across Difference
A new campus series intends to inspire conversation about building community across the Institute.
Letter to the MIT Community: Embracing freedom of expression in the life of the Institute
President Kornbluth provides an update on the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom, which has been approved by the faculty.
Priscilla King Gray, co-founder and namesake of the Institute’s public service center and wife of former MIT president Paul Gray, dies at 89
For more than 50 years, Gray helped build a sense of community at MIT.
Angela Davis: “We need to renew our commitments to struggle against racism”
Keynote speaker at MIT’s annual luncheon honoring Martin Luther King Jr. delivers powerful message about the need for change.
MIT community in 2022: A year in review
Top Institute stories dealt with a presidential transition; Climate Grand Challenges; an action plan for belonging, achievement, and composition; the MIT Morningside Academy for Design; “Wakanda Forever” at MIT; and more.
Community members greet MIT’s 18th president
With donuts and cider in hand, students, faculty, and staff gathered on Hockfield Court to speak with President-elect Sally Kornbluth and celebrate her appointment.