History of MIT

A giant birthday cake helped revelers kick off the celebration of William Barton Rogers' 200th birthday last month.

200th birthday of MIT founder William Barton Rogers celebrated with party, IAP class

January 27, 2005

WTBS Radio Station: Console, turntables, reel-to-reel tape and station wall clock.

Artifacts become art--slide rules and turntables at LVAC

December 8, 2004

Rage against the machine

September 22, 2004

An artist's rendering of the original Tech Square complex.

MIT leaves behind a rich history in Tech Square

March 17, 2004

Eleanor Roosevelt with Wiesner and his daughter, Lisa, during the taping of "The Scientists and World Politics" on WGBH-TV in December 1960.

New book celebrates Wiesner's legacy

January 28, 2004

Happy birthday

January 28, 2004

This image of Jerome Wiesner was created from a collection of over 2,000 individual photographs selected from a database of over 300,000. A computer program, written by Rob Silvers (S.M. 1996), selected and arranged these images based on their coloration and texture to construct this mosaic.

New book celebrates life of Jerome Wiesner

Former MIT president's accomplishments spanned many areas

January 26, 2004

A portrait of Professor Arthur R. von Hippel at age 100, taken by his grandson Jonas Kahn, a professional photographer.

Institute Prof. von Hippel dies at 105; was leader in materials research

January 14, 2004

Professor Ned Thomas, director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led a group from MIT to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, in late January 2003.

News 2003: A look back at MIT news highlights

December 24, 2003

A drop of ferrofluid morphed into this design resembling Native American art.

MIT research highlights from the past year

December 24, 2003

Marking the passing

December 24, 2003

A model of a DeHavilland 4 is included in the MIT Museum exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of human, powered flight.

MIT firsts in flight

December 17, 2003

The MIT Museum's exhibit on the history of flight includes a display on Daedalus, a pedal-powered plane built by MIT students in the mid-1980s for a flight from Crete to Santorini.

Museum is state's official flight commemoration site

December 17, 2003

Reaction from the MIT community, university presidents and legislators

December 10, 2003

Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

December 10, 2003

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200th birthday of MIT founder William Barton Rogers celebrated with party, IAP class

Artifacts become art--slide rules and turntables at LVAC

Rage against the machine

MIT leaves behind a rich history in Tech Square

New book celebrates Wiesner's legacy

Happy birthday

New book celebrates life of Jerome Wiesner

Institute Prof. von Hippel dies at 105; was leader in materials research

News 2003: A look back at MIT news highlights

MIT research highlights from the past year

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Museum is state's official flight commemoration site

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