Slideshow: 2015 doctoral hooding ceremony
Advanced degree candidates receive their doctoral hoods prior to Commencement.
Slideshow: 2014 doctoral hooding ceremony
Advanced degree candidates receive their doctoral hoods in advance of Commencement.
Martin Schmidt named provost; Cynthia Barnhart named chancellor
Two faculty members named to MIT’s most senior academic posts first arrived at the Institute as students in the early 1980s.
New One Community Room opens at MIT
The space is now available to individuals, committees, clubs and working groups that focus on community-building.
Dennis Freeman appointed dean for undergraduate education
Electrical engineering and computer science professor has lengthy record of leadership in teaching, advising and curricular innovation.
Bexley residents, student leaders respond to dormitory closing due to structural problems
Chancellor, dean for student life send letters in response.
Grimson: The strength of the MIT Community
Chancellor sends letter to community on recent events, upcoming tributes to fallen officer.
Safety first, and free
MIT student Paige Finkelstein starts Project Helmet to distribute free bike helmets to MIT community.
Kaiser, Grimson launch Graduate Student Housing Working Group
Effort comes in response to faculty’s 2030/Kendall task force recommendation; Kendall Square zoning hearings continue.
Sanjay Sarma appointed as MIT’s first director of digital learning
Mechanical engineering professor will shepherd efforts to integrate elements of online education into traditional MIT courses.
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston will be MIT’s 2013 Commencement speaker
MIT alumnus and co-founder of popular file-transfer service will address the Class of 2013 on June 7.
TIMtalks spotlight students who have turned failure into success
Event gives students an opportunity to discuss failure, achievement, MIT culture.