Special events and guest speakers

New exhibition showcases importance of design in engineering

"Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things" will be on view at the MIT Museum April 13-September 1

March 18, 2013

MIT Sloan alumna shares thoughts on leading Fortune 500 firm

MIT Sloan alumna Ilene Gordon ‘75, SM ’76 opens semester's Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

March 15, 2013

Barbara Judge serves on Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.

Advice for nations pursuing nuclear power

Lady Barbara Judge delivers 12th Rose Lecture

March 11, 2013

Attendees at the Multicultural Conference, held last month.

Conversing about diversity

MIT Multicultural Conference celebrates diversity and culture at MIT

March 7, 2013

MIT faculty chair Robert Gibbons presents Maria Zuber with the Killian Award certificate.

Mapping the early history of the moon

In 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.

March 7, 2013

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan, who was videoconferenced in, loomed above a panel consisting of, from left to right, moderator Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School; Anant Agarwal, president of edX; Daphne Koller, a co-founder of Coursera; Stephen Hodownes, CEO of Southern New Hampshire University's online college; and Bror Saxberg, chief learning officer at Kaplan, Inc.

Higher-ed leaders meet to discuss future of online education

Innovative pedagogical techniques and the effects of online-learning tools on on-campus education subjects of conversation at MIT- and Harvard-led summit.

March 6, 2013

Music professor debuts trio in MIT concert

Evan Ziporyn's EVIYAN mixes elements of classical, folk, jazz, minimalist and global traditions.

March 5, 2013

Energy Conference keynote speaker Bill Richardson, third from left, and MIT President L. Rafael Reif, right, pose with student organizers of the conference, including managing director Daniel Connell, second from left.

Bringing energy innovations from lab to market

Annual MIT Energy Conference focuses on how innovations can have a real impact on the world’s energy issues.

March 5, 2013

Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political pundits

In MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.

March 1, 2013

John Reed, current chair of the MIT Corporation and retired chairman and CEO of Citigroup, Inc., presented the Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems on Feb. 27.

Former banking executive reflects on launch and rise of the ATM

John Reed talks about the challenges and opportunities of working with a complex sociotechnical system.

February 28, 2013

Richard Cook, a research scientist in the Koch Institute's Swanson Biotechnology Center, shows students around the Biopolymer and Proteomics Core Facility.

MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegates

The Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.

February 21, 2013

Text reads "MIT Excellence Awards - Celebrating Staff" next to gold star that reads "2013."

A great attitude is an excellent thing

15 individuals and four teams to be honored at the 2013 Excellence Awards ceremony

February 20, 2013

MIT Charm School celebrated its 20th anniversary with a cake at a reception on Jan. 31.

Turning 20 with 'charm'

Charm School celebrates 20th anniversary of teaching etiquette and grace at MIT.

February 20, 2013

An MIT student demonstrated the structure of DNA molecules using a model made from standard Lego bricks.

AAAS annual meeting puts MIT science and technology on display

The 2013 conference, held last week in Boston, featured research presentations, hands-on demonstrations.

February 19, 2013

Columnist discusses financial literacy at SWIM event

Heather McGregor, Financial Times columnist and author, spoke to the Sloan Women in Management club.