Susan Hockfield to step down
MIT’s 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management.
MITx prototype course opens for enrollment
Online-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now.
MIT and SUTD open International Design Centre
Aims to become the world’s premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design.
Institute launches revamped MIT 2030 website
Site aims to engage the MIT community in envisioning the Institute’s future.
James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
New department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.
MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Based in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.
Proposal for MIT Global Environment Initiative seeks public comment
Initiative expected to focus on six broad environmental research themes.
$26.5 million Simons gift to catalyze autism research at MIT
Creates the Simons Center for the Social Brain
Robert van der Hilst named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Succeeds Maria Zuber, who led department for the last eight years.
Michael W. Howard ’86 named vice president for finance
MIT alumnus brings 20 years of experience at Fidelity, Deloitte.
Participants give kudos to online registration pilot
The paper-based process underwent a sea change this fall.
Robert Silbey, former MIT dean of science, dies at 71
'Excellent teacher' spent 45 years as faculty member, administrator.
What’s next for engineering education?
Dean of Engineering to share his views on engineering education in the face of increasing need for innovative technical leaders.