A migration that shaped a nation
In MIT talk, author Isabel Wilkerson discusses how the Great Migration changed American history.
Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward future
Public-key system has worked and made Internet commerce feasible, but new systems are ready in case flaws are found.
'We do it right — now — or it’s over'
GM chairman and CEO Akerson examines his company's future at Sloan dean's speaker series.
King’s legacy celebrated at MIT
CNN's Roland Martin, at annual MLK Jr. breakfast, says the civil rights leader’s example of personal commitment and nonviolence lives on.
Sen. Scott Brown visits MIT
The Massachusetts Republican says the kind of work done at MIT 'can get our economy going.'
Engineering leadership skills: sometimes a matter of life and death
Gordon Engineering Leaders team up to build quinzee shelter during 'project engineering' course.
CNN's Martin to deliver keynote address at MLK Jr. breakfast
37th annual event taking place Feb. 9; registration required by Feb. 5
Economists converge at MIT
Nobel laureates, public intellectuals gather for frank debate on economy, politics and the state of their profession.
Alumni power fuels this week’s MIT150 economics and finance symposium
MIT's strength in economics and finance education is manifest in this week's alumni-rich lineup of panelists.
3 Questions: David Briggs on playing the organ in Kresge Auditorium
World-renowned organist restores an MIT tradition playing a free concert on one of the Institute's historic instruments.
Hockfield discusses science, innovation and MIT150 on NPR
On eve of the Institute's anniversary, MIT president talks with On Point's Tom Ashbrook
Let the celebrations begin
In kickoff to Institute’s sesquicentennial celebration, MIT Museum shows off 150 artifacts from MIT’s rich history.
MIT prepares for its 150th anniversary
For 150 days in 2011, the Institute will celebrate ‘many different MITs’ as it honors its past and imagines its future.