Blueprint Labs launches a charter school research collaborative
Collaborative brings together charter school policy, practice, and research communities to help make research on charters more actionable, rigorous, and policy-relevant.
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The art of being FLI
The MIT First Generation/Low Income Program provides undergraduates with community, resources, and support as they navigate MIT.
John Buttrick, celebrated pianist and former director of music at MIT, dies at 88
A renowned classical musician and MIT faculty member for more than two decades, Buttrick taught and performed extensively around the world.
3 Questions: Implementing the MIT Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement
Ian Waitz describes the three-year contract that will change and enhance MIT’s graduate student policies and procedures.
Turning history of science into a comic adventure
Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease.
Bridging the gap between preschool policy, practice, and research
At an MIT Blueprint Labs Preschool Research Convening, researchers present studies on early childhood education and discuss new research directions with practitioners.
3 Questions: A new home for music at MIT
Keeril Makan describes how a new facility, now under construction, features rehearsal and performance spaces, a recording studio, classrooms, and music technology laboratories.
Co-creating climate futures with real-time data and spatial storytelling
Five multimedia projects communicating climate futures selected for 2023 WORLDING program, online and at MIT.
Building technology that empowers city residents
Kwesi Afrifa, a senior majoring in urban planning and computer science, wants to create cultural hubs that are inviting to everyone.
The creative future of generative AI
An MIT panel charts how artificial intelligence will impact art and design.
Does “food as medicine” make a big dent in diabetes?
Study of rigorous trial shows mixed results, suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease.
Leveraging language to understand machines
Master’s students Irene Terpstra ’23 and Rujul Gandhi ’22 use language to design new integrated circuits and make it understandable to robots.
Institute Professor Emeritus Robert Solow, pathbreaking economist, dies at age 99
Nobel-winning scholar changed his field, taught generations of students, and helped make MIT a global leader in economics research.
MIT’s top research stories of 2023
A cheaper water desalination device, a wearable ultrasound scanner, and a new kind of supercapacitor were some of MIT News’ most popular articles.
MIT community in 2023: A year in review
Top Institute stories dealt with a presidential inauguration, international accolades for faculty and students, “Dialogues Across Difference,” new and refreshed community spaces, and more.