Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021
New members have made advances in computer vision, autonomous aerospace vehicles, electric power system analysis and control, and power electronics technology.
Ijeoma Oluo: “What we are fighting for is Black joy”
Keynote speaker at MIT’s annual MLK Celebration says fighting white supremacy requires far more than just reducing its harm.
3Q: Looking back at MIT’s fall semester Covid-19 testing
Suzanne Blake of MIT Emergency Management analyzes the results from the program, which administered more than 250,000 tests last semester.
Paul Sebring, first Haystack Observatory director and contributor to radio astronomy, dies at 102
Sebring founded the Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation and led Haystack Observatory from 1970 to 1980.
School of Science presents 2021 Infinite Expansion Awards
Thirteen postdocs and research scientists honored for contributions to the Institute with awards formerly known as Infinite Kilometer.
In praise of IAP
For 50 years, Independent Activities Period has provided MIT community members with a respite from the firehose.
Katie Hammer named vice president for finance
Chief deputy CFO of the City of Detroit will join MIT in February.
MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund provides financial assistance to staff and postdocs
Those who are experiencing a financial hardship are encouraged to apply.
Featured video: Covid-19 vaccines arrive at MIT
By the end of 2020, a first dose was administered to every at-risk staff member of MIT Medical who requested a vaccine.
Four from MIT are named IEEE Fellows for 2021
Three MIT professors and a principal staff member from Lincoln Laboratory are among the 2021 class of fellows.
Heather Theberge, mechanical engineering staff member, dies at 42
Theberge served as an administrative assistant for the mechanical engineering undergraduate program since 2012.
Task Force 2021 and Beyond shares its initial compilation of ideas
More than 50 proposals to recast MIT for the post-Covid era released for review and community input.
Five MIT researchers receive awards from the American Physical Society
William Barletta, Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Katelin Schutz, and Phiala Shanahan honored for contributions to physics.
3Q: Update on MIT’s Task Force 2021 and Beyond
Co-chairs Rick Danheiser and Sanjay Sarma describe a push to “invent a thriving new future” for MIT.
A letter to the MIT community on navigating the elections together
“Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif.