MIT-Germany Seed Fund launched
Will offer research-initiation grants to faculty at MIT and in Germany.
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In MIT's Human Dynamics Lab, Sandy Pentland PhD '82 uses cell phones and wearable sensors to research nonverbal signals, information flow, and the value of face-to-face conversation.
Gail Kendall’s gift transforms historic lab
The Rohsenow Kendall Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory completes a total renovation
Physics postdoc Lindley Winslow wins L’Oreal USA fellowship
Accompanying research grant will allow the particle physicist to design and build a novel particle detector based on quantum dots.
Construction begins on high-performance computing center
President Hockfield joins Gov. Patrick and others at groundbreaking ceremony.
4 from MIT win DARPA Young Faculty Awards
Goal of awards is to encourage research and professional growth in DoD-related areas.
Stately Killian Court serves as testing ground for new geotech tool
Civil engineers develop new probe for determining soil characteristics.
MIT-Mount Sinai collaboration nets $16.4 million grant
Project aims to create nanotechnology solutions for heart, lung and blood diseases.
National Research Council releases assessment of U.S. doctoral programs
Rankings reaffirm MIT’s leadership role in science and technology.
MIT ranked third among world’s top 200 universities
Times Higher Education annual survey uses new methodology that focuses on research and teaching.
MISTI seeks proposals for Global Seed Funds; deadline is Sept. 15
Funds support MIT faculty, researchers in launching international projects and collaboration.
MIT formally welcomes Class of 2014
President’s Convocation in Killian Court salutes new students and their families
MIT undergraduate engineering again ranked No. 1
U.S. News and World Report ranks MIT Sloan’s undergraduate program second among peer institutions.