Third annual MIT Research Slam showcase highlights PhD and postdoc communication skills
The 2023 competition featured three-minute talks on cutting-edge research from across MIT in an engaging, live competition.
Department
Biology
The measuring tape heard round the world
Professor Emerita Nancy Hopkins and journalist Kate Zernike discuss the past, present, and future of women at MIT and beyond.
Six from MIT awarded 2023 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2023
The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
Recycling plastics from research labs
With sustainability in mind, MIT’s EHS Lab Plastics Recycling Program gathers clean plastics from 212 MIT labs, recycling some 280 pounds per week.
A novel combination therapy for treating vancomycin-resistant bacterial infections
Developed at SMART, the therapy stimulates the host immune system to more effectively clear bacterial infections and accelerate infected wound healing.
Coding for health equity
Senior Mercy Oladipo is building tools to address disparities in health care.
2023 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Gabrieli, Gubar, Martin, and Sass are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
MIT-Takeda Program heads into fourth year with crop of 10 new projects
The program leverages MIT’s research expertise and Takeda’s industrial know-how for research in artificial intelligence and medicine.
School of Science presents 2023 Infinite Expansion Awards
Seven postdocs and research scientists honored for contributions to the Institute.
Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy
A new study reveals that lymph nodes near the lungs create an environment that weakens T-cell responses to tumors.
Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient
First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.
Paying it forward
When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.
Compassion in the details
The late MIT Professor Angelika Amon was recognized as Committed to Caring for her generous and encompassing mentorship.
Christopher Walsh, influential chemical biologist and former department chair at MIT, dies at 79
Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.