On campus, a warm welcome for MIT’s next president, Sally Kornbluth
Incoming MIT President Sally Kornbluth greeted members of the Institute community at a campus event on Thursday afternoon, outlining her vision and values, and thanking everyone for the reception she...
View ArticleCommunity members greet MIT’s 18th president
On a warm, sunny afternoon last Thursday, MIT’s community gathered under a tent on Hockfield Court to meet the Institute’s next president, Sally Kornbluth.Amid a festive, celebratory atmosphere that...
View ArticleUshering in a new era of computing
As a graduate student doing his master’s thesis on speech recognition at the MIT AI Lab (now the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory), Dan Huttenlocher worked closely with...
View ArticleMark Rober to deliver MIT’s 2023 Commencement address
Mark Rober, a NASA engineer-turned-internet celebrity whose hugely popular videos celebrate problem-solving, determination, and having fun while learning, will deliver the address at the OneMIT...
View ArticleScene at MIT: The community gathers for Winterfest
As the sun faded on a clear Thursday afternoon, the MIT community came together to enjoy excellent food, music, and company at the annual Winterfest celebration.Each year Winterfest kicks off the...
View ArticleThe lasting legacy of MITIMCo’s Steve Marsh
As senior vice president for the Institute’s real estate group, the MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo), Steve Marsh has worked closely with the senior administrations of the past three MIT...
View ArticleMIT’s departments, labs, and centers celebrate the holidays
Amid final exams and year-end research crunches, this is also the time of year when many in the MIT community take time to have some fun and express gratitude for the people that make their work...
View ArticleMIT community in 2022: A year in review
In 2022, MIT returned to a bit of normalcy after the challenge of Covid-19 began to subside. The Institute prepared to bid farewell to its president and later announced his successor; announced five...
View Article3 Questions: What to expect from respiratory illnesses, including Covid-19,...
Levels of respiratory illness are rising in the Boston area and elsewhere. Here, MIT Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis provides recommendations for keeping yourself and others healthy during the winter...
View ArticleAngela Davis: “We need to renew our commitments to struggle against racism”
MIT’s 49th annual Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took place Wednesday before an overflow crowd at Morss Hall and featured activist and author Angela Y. Davis as its...
View ArticlePriscilla King Gray, co-founder and namesake of the Institute’s public...
Priscilla King Gray, an integral part of the fabric at MIT for more than 50 years, died on Feb. 8. She was 89.Gray, who had been the wife of former MIT president Paul Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 until...
View ArticleMIT efforts support earthquake relief for communities in Turkey and Syria
The catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 has left more than 41,000 people dead, and many more still not counted under the rubble. More than a million people have been left...
View ArticleIlluminating the successes and struggles of MIT Black history
When Victor Ransom ’42 arrived at MIT from New York City in 1941, he discovered a campus electrified by the war effort. People scurried between what he described as MIT’s “massive, unsympathetic...
View Article3 Questions: John Dozier on Dialogues Across Difference
MIT’s new series “Dialogues Across Difference” will bring speakers to campus and create opportunities for community members to demonstrate practical ways to take on difficult subjects across...
View ArticleMIT inaugurates “Dialogues Across Difference” series
MIT initiated a new event series on Wednesday intended to enhance discourse across a wide range of perspectives on campus, strengthen connections among Institute community members, and demonstrate...
View Article3 Questions: Stuart Schmill on MIT Admissions’ participation in the STARS...
The Small Town and Rural Student College Network (STARS College Network) is a coalition of 16 colleges across the U.S. who are collaborating on efforts to engage, support, and build pathways to college...
View ArticleBenoit Forget named head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Benoit Forget, the Korea Electric Power Professor of Nuclear Engineering, has been named the new head of the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), effective April 1.“Ben’s...
View Article3 Questions: What’s next for local and campus-based Covid-19 policies and...
MIT announced today that in conjunction with the end of the federal and state public health emergency declarations, the Institute will retire its remaining Covid-era policies, including its vaccination...
View ArticleMartin Wainwright named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Martin Wainwright, the Cecil H. Green Professor in MIT’s departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Mathematics, has been named the new director of the Institute for Data,...
View ArticleWith music and merriment, MIT celebrates the inauguration of Sally Kornbluth
MIT’s campus spilled over with good cheer yesterday during a community-wide celebration marking the upcoming inauguration of MIT President Sally Kornbluth on Monday.In a day of activities that truly...
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