Finding love in the lab
Mechanical engineering alumni and married couple Larissa Nietner and Scott Nill started their relationship — and two companies — as MIT graduate students.
Redesigning pharmacies with the consumer in mind
Alto Pharmacy uses software and an innovative operations model to improve access to medication.
Kevin Woller: From student to mentor
Research scientist gives back by passing along the nuts and bolts of plasma research.
Richard "Dick" Lyon, acoustics expert and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 89
Leading expert in acoustics, vibration, and machine dynamics served on the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty for 32 years.
Democratizing app development
Thunkable gives noncoders the ability to create professional-grade mobile apps.
Empowering impoverished artisans through fashion
Soko uses a mobile-based supply chain to give artisans in Kenya access to the fashion world.
Weather monitoring from the ground up
ClimaCell uses wireless signals to track and forecast the weather in every 500-meter patch of the Earth’s surface.
Alumni team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition
Mechanical engineering alumni of 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) win with Rhino, a product that makes brick repointing faster, safer, and more accurate.
More than 30 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Forbes calls its 2019 30 Under 30 honorees “a collection of bold risk-takers who are putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade.”
Michael Bloomberg to deliver MIT’s 2019 Commencement address
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term New York City mayor will address the Class of 2019 on June 7.
Hacking to fight trafficking
A nonprofit founded by two Executive MBA graduates aims to drive innovation and counter human trafficking through hackathons and other platforms.
Two from MIT named Schwarzman Scholars for 2020
Pablo Ducru and Michael Shum ’17, MEng ’18 will study at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Startup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future
Rivian Automotive is showing off its first products at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week.
Gift from Carmen ’78 and John ’77 Thain supports Met Warehouse renovation project
MIT Corporation members boost plan to relocate School of Architecture and Planning into historic building.
Arts benefactor makes lead gift for new MIT music building
Commitment signals transformative moment for the Institute’s music programming.