Data-mining for dark matter
Tracy Slatyer hunts through astrophysical data for clues to the invisible universe.
Throwing lifelines to job seekers after incarceration
Through her startup, MBA student Brooke Wages seeks to prepare people for high-skilled trade jobs after they’ve served time.
Making high-quality education accessible to all
Researchers and educators gather at MIT to discuss how to meet the educational needs of a new learning society.
Philip Freelon, professor of the practice and champion of diversity in architecture, dies at 66
Noted architect designed landmark civic, cultural, and educational buildings.
Visiting lecturer to spearhead project exploring the geopolitics of artificial intelligence
At MIT, Luis Videgaray, alumnus and former foreign minister of Mexico, will launch project to help shape international AI policies.
Caring for her community
PhD candidate and co-founder of Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering Lisa Volpatti works to support her fellow graduate students.
Gita Manaktala receives 2019 Association of University Presses Constituency Award
MIT Press editorial director recognized for service to the university press community.
Lincoln Laboratory staff use race cars as a vehicle to teach coding
Laboratory staff teamed up with the Timothy Smith Network to offer a four-week coding course for middle school students.
A data scientist dedicated to social change
MBAn student Mason Grimshaw seeks to bring business solutions to overlooked communities.
A scholar and teacher re-examines moments in the history of STEM
“I love teaching,” says PhD student Clare Kim. “It’s not that I’m just imparting knowledge, but I want [my students] to develop a critical way of thinking.”
From one MSRP generation to the next
Squire Booker PhD ’94 met with former and current Summer Research Program students to explain how his summer experience at MIT shaped his research trajectory.
Communities in the cloud
PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist.
CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT
Speakers — all women — discuss everything from gravitational waves to robot nurses.
Professor Timothy Jamison named to new associate provost position
Newly created role will foster diversity, inclusion, equity, and positive climate; search for new ICEO will expand.
Plotting new paths to a nuclear “yes”
Nuclear science and engineering alumna Mareena Robinson Snowden PhD '17 devises new solutions for problems of arms control and proliferation.