How a new approach to funding Alzheimer’s research could pay off
Model indicates that diverse research approaches to the disease would be a rewarding investment.
Living examples of why funding science matters
MIT graduate students address the importance of science funding with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
JFK and MIT: Honoring the connection
Hear John F. Kennedy’s message delivered for MIT's centennial, read coverage of the campus response to the assassination, and more.
MIT’s Marc Kastner nominated to head DOE Office of Science
President Obama taps MIT physicist and dean of science to oversee basic energy research.
MIT Big Data Initiative launches transportation challenge, privacy working group
New efforts aimed at improving the use and management of big data
East Campus/Kendall gateway study begins
Urban design team selected; MIT and Cambridge community meetings set.
MIT to co-lead federal aviation environment center
AeroAstro labs will research sustainable aviation solutions for the FAA.
Reif to co-chair renewed US manufacturing partnership
MIT president will help lead President Obama’s second-generation initiative to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
Achieving an innovation nation
MIT report emphasizes need to turn U.S. innovation strengths into growth.
Mass. Secretary of Education Matthew Malone visits MIT
The state's education chief speaks with high-school science teachers on campus.
Kendall Square initiative moves toward design phase
Urban-design firm to be selected; community meetings will be set for fall.
Cambridge Historical Commission lauds Great Dome renovation
Restoration of oculus and Barker Library Reading Room celebrated.
That ’70s show
In a new book, journalist and MIT fellow Christian Caryl recounts the epoch-shaping political, religious and economic upheavals launched in the year 1979.