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Volunteers Betsy Soukup and Chelsea He work on assembling LEGO amino acid models.

Community Service Day draws volunteers from across the Institute

MIT community gathers for an afternoon of public service.

February 2, 2012

Historian of science Charles Weiner dies at 80

Longtime faculty member was a pre-eminent analyst of the political, social and ethical dimensions of contemporary science.

February 1, 2012

Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds gives the keynote address at the 2012 Institute Diversity Summit.

Diversity and excellence explored at Institute summit

Faculty and students offered multiple perspectives on race and gender

January 31, 2012

Senior Molly Kozminsky shows off the winner of the fifth annual MIT Hummus Taste Off: "Messrs Bentry and Lolpert’s Silk Road Hipster Hummus with Grapefruit Black Tea Infusion."

Giving chickpeas a chance since 2008

Students, faculty and staff taste and compete in fifth annual Hummus Experience

January 25, 2012

BIll Johnson travels the world in search of basketball

Current MIT assistant coach's professional stops included Reykjavik and Sam Ramon.

January 23, 2012

MIT iPhone and Android apps provide access to many Libraries' services

Download the free MIT Mobile Android or Mobile iPhone app and gain access to many MIT services, including several offered by the Libraries.

January 19, 2012

Junior Alix de Monts, center, chair of the Undergraduate Association (UA) Sustainability Committee and undergraduate representative on the Campus Energy Task Force, provides an update on the UA's spring 2011 exchange of 1,000 compact-fluorescent light bulbs for incandescent bulbs in student dorms.

Five-year effort by Campus Energy Task Force saves MIT millions of dollars, kilowatt-hours

December 21, 2011

Gene Chamberlain, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 91

Worked in MIT’s International Students Office for 32 years

December 15, 2011

W59 is home to the Department of Residential Life’s newly renovated office.

Residential Life staff celebrates new home

Centralized office to promote collaboration between offices

December 12, 2011

During the entrepreneurship competition that capped off AITI's course in Kenya last summer, students demonstrated the mobile applications around which they hoped to build companies.

In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nations

In 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.

December 12, 2011

IS&T offers limited support for Windows Phone 7, will end support for Windows Mobile

IS&T now offers limited support for Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Microsoft's latest mobile platform. All four major cellular providers carry Windows Phone 7 devices.

December 9, 2011

From left to right: Thomas Vaughn, head and chair of Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators; Kathleen Vandiver; and nominator Marilyn Richardson.

Mass. science teachers' association inducts Vandiver into hall of fame

CEHS outreach and education director teaches abstract scientific concepts with LEGOs.

December 8, 2011

Michael W. Howard ’86 has been appointed MIT’s new vice president for finance.

Michael W. Howard ’86 named vice president for finance

MIT alumnus brings 20 years of experience at Fidelity, Deloitte.

December 7, 2011

Marilyn Wolfson named 2012 fellow of the American Meteorological Society

Recognized for longtime contributions to atmospheric, oceanic sciences.

December 6, 2011

Grant Stokes, head of the Aerospace Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, left; J. Scott Stuart, technical staff member in the Space Control Systems Group.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers receive NASA award

Honored for their role in the Near Earth Object Observation Program