Tom Wolf PhD ’81 receives the 2023 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award
Former Pennsylvania governor honored for distinguished political career.
It’s a weird, weird quantum world
In MIT’s 2023 Killian Lecture, Peter Shor shares a brief history of quantum computing from a personal viewpoint.
Pilot, engineer, neuroscientist, bridge-builder
How Elissa Gibson ’22 connected the dots to form her own unique constellation of MIT experiences.
Titanic robots make farming more sustainable
MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses autonomous machines to snip weeds while preserving crops, eliminating the need for herbicides.
MIT Cheney Room reopens with fresh and enhanced programming
Historically women-oriented space welcomes more community members, focusing on women and gender.
Robot armies duke it out in Battlecode’s epic on-screen battles
The long-running programming competition encourages skills and friendships that last a lifetime.
Student-led conference charts the future of micro- and nanoscale research, reinforces scientific community
19th Microsystems Annual Research Conference reveals the next era of microsystems technologies, along with skiing and a dance party.
Celebrating the high-speed photography of late MIT professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton
At a recent MIT Edgerton Center event, Professor J. Kim Vandiver shared the story of his mentor, a beloved educator at the Institute.
“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction to creative computation, is now open in Kendall Square
Located in the new MIT Welcome Center in Building E38, the installation expresses the dynamic, vibrant culture of MIT through the medium of programmable light.
MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023
Seven researchers, along with 14 additional MIT alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.
Priscilla King Gray, co-founder and namesake of the Institute’s public service center and wife of former MIT president Paul Gray, dies at 89
For more than 50 years, Gray helped build a sense of community at MIT.
Helping companies deploy AI models more responsibly
MIT spinout Verta offers tools to help companies introduce, monitor, and manage machine-learning models safely and at scale.
Wiring the organization for exceptional performance
Steven Spear SM ’93, a senior lecturer of system dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, helps organizations develop the optimal social circuitry.
Inside two MIT students’ historic BattleBots runs
PhD students Lucy Du ’14, SM ’16 and Ginger Schmidt are crushing the competition — and gender barriers — in the world of televised robot combat.
Six with ties to MIT honored as 2022 ACM Fellows
Six distinguished scientists with ties to MIT were recognized for significant contributions to computing systems.