Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker heralds innovation-based growth
Discussion with President Reif during MIT visit focuses on policy support for new growth.
Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.
Strandbeests stalk the MIT Media Lab
Celebrated artist Theo Jansen and his kinetic "Animaris Ordis" delight in a visit to MIT.
Announcing MIT-SHASS new faculty for fall 2015
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes a new group of standout scholars.
MIT will be the hub of the universe for science writers this October
Conference hosted by MIT-SHASS and the Knight Science Journalism fellowship program is the largest annual gathering of science communicators in the U.S.
MIT hosts discussion on scaling STEM education
President Reif and Congressman Joe Kennedy III lead an afternoon of discussions on how to bring quality STEM education to all.
CSAIL joins with Toyota on $25 million research center for autonomous cars
Seeking to reduce traffic casualties, center will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
The sound of (new) music
MIT composer Tod Machover debuts multiple new works at prestigious Lucerne Festival.
Self-driving golf carts
Autonomous vehicles share sidewalk space with pedestrians in six-day trial in Singaporean public garden.
Observing invisible vibrations
PhD student Justin Chen magnifies minuscule vibrations in structures to detect damage.
Policing sex trafficking in the digital age
Mitali Thakor works with tech companies and police to understand what sex trafficking looks like today.
A bipedal robot with human reflexes
New human-machine interface keeps robot balanced, with human reflexes.
MIT awarded Dept. of Energy grant to create and deploy energy-saving travel information and incentives system
$4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy.
Giving robots a more nimble grasp
Engineers use the environment to give simple robotic grippers more dexterity.