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A DeLorean time machine appeared on campus for Back to the Future Day, a popular event on Twitter in 2015.

Top tweets of 2015

Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.

December 28, 2015

Michael Artin and Shirley Jackson win nation’s highest honor in science and technology

Mathematician and MIT Corporation life member named National Medal of Science recipients.

December 23, 2015

“In health care, there’s this gigantic world of unstructured data that needs to be translated into useable information,” says Paul Nemirovsky, who co-founded dMetrics with Ariadna Quattoni.

Detecting consumer decisions within messy data

Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.

December 21, 2015

In a two-year study with New York City garbage trucks, the startup’s sensors cut the frequency and duration of filter regeneration in half, which produced a 1 to 2 percent fuel savings. This can be significant for fleets of trucks, such as those in the study, which use roughly 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually.

Wireless sensors could make diesel engines greener

Startup’s sensors measure soot and ash buildup in filters to help engines burn more efficiently.

December 15, 2015

Actor and filmmaker Matt Damon will be 2016 Commencement speaker

Performer who gained fame for his portrayal of a brilliant MIT janitor will address the Class of 2016.

December 10, 2015

A new report estimates that, as of 2014, MIT alumni have launched 30,200 active companies, employing roughly 4.6 million people, and generating roughly $1.9 trillion in annual revenues.

New report outlines MIT’s global entrepreneurial impact

Alumni-founded companies have created 4.6 million jobs, generating nearly $2 trillion in annual revenues.

December 9, 2015

Prize-winner Sarah Schwartz SM '15 is now a journalist at Science News.

Sarah Schwartz SM '15 wins first Obermayer Prize for science writing

MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and Program in Science, Technology, and Society honor Schwartz for her essay on the history of synthetic penicillin.

December 4, 2015

Grace Overlander accepts her award from Lisa Frantzis, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Advanced Energy Economy, at the C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium.

Grace Overlander SM '08, MBA '08 recognized for leadership and mentoring in clean energy

Tesla Motors manager honored at Women in Clean Energy Symposium hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative and U.S. Department of Energy.

December 4, 2015

The Morris and Sophie Chang Building (foreground left) borders the vibrant Kendall Square technology hub.

MIT to name signature building on the Charles River in honor of Morris and Sophie Chang

December 2, 2015

MIT Department of Political Science celebrates 50 years of rigor, relevance, and impact

November 30, 2015

Podcast by Shante Stowell '15 wins American Society for Engineering Education diversity contest

Recent graduate honored for her unique audio piece, crafted at MIT, encouraging self-reflection on race.

November 20, 2015

Solar Electric Vehicle Team member Michelle Chao, an MIT junior, works on the solar array.

Sleeping under the stars in Australia

Solar Electric Vehicle Team completes the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

November 19, 2015

Maria Zuber, MIT vice president for research and the E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics

3 Questions: Maria Zuber on MIT’s climate action plan

MIT’s vice president for research looks ahead to implementation.

November 17, 2015

Scaling commercial energy efficiency

Automated energy analytics platform collects data on commercial buildings to improve energy efficiency.

November 16, 2015

Bert Forbes holds a 3-D printed milk drop modeled after Doc Edgerton’s photo. Also pictured: J. Kim Vandiver and Candace Forbes.

Gift from Candace and Bert Forbes ’66 creates endowment to support directorship of the Edgerton Center