Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
Alan Siegel to retire as chief of MIT Medical’s Mental Health and Counseling Service
Alan Siegel, chief of MIT Medical’s Mental Health and Counseling Service, will retire from his position after nearly 15 years.
The Central Machine Shop builds parts that make MIT research work
A secret to the success of many projects at MIT, the Central Machine Shop helps students, faculty, and staff build just about anything that can be machined.
Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Contributions of new members include the design of parallel computing systems, the development of 3-D printing, and the discovery of near-Earth asteroids.
Radiation physics today for materials science tomorrow
In the 2016 Del Favero Doctoral Thesis Prize Lecture, Mingda Li PhD '15 describes how radiation can help us understand and design new materials.
Symposium calls for science-based climate action
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues.
Second-round MindHandHeart Innovation Fund grant recipients announced
Grants totaling $24,870 were awarded to seven proposals in the second Innovation Fund cycle.
Stu Schmill endorses report on consideration of character in college admissions
Dean of MIT Admissions joins peers in recommending increased consideration of prospective students’ concern for others in college admissions.
MIT Libraries’ Phoebe Ayers accepts Erasmus Prize on behalf of Wikipedia
Librarian and longtime Wikipedia contributor accepts Dutch prize honoring exceptional contributions to culture and society.
Pappalardo Fellow Or Hen wins Israel Physical Society graduate research prize
First time prize is awarded in experimental nuclear physics.
Top tweets of 2015
Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.
MIT researchers author U.S. chapter of UNESCO Science Report
Stacy Springs and Shannon Stewart identify trends related to U.S. research and development funding and policy.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory receives three 2015 R&D 100 Awards
Three software products named among 100 most technologically significant innovations of 2015.