What do we owe each other?
A new class teaches MIT students how to navigate a fast-changing world with a moral compass.
How an MIT professor introduced hundreds of thousands of students to neuroscience
With an emphasis on approachability, Professor Mark Bear’s “Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain” enters its fourth decade as the text of undergraduate neuroscience classes worldwide.
Gift from Dick Larson establishes Distinguished Professorship in Data, Systems, and Society
Sasha Rakhlin, a professor in IDSS and brain and cognitive sciences, has been named the inaugural holder of the new professorship.
Designing across cultural and geographic divides
Through a collaboration between the MIT first-year learning community Terrascope, Diné College, and University of Puerto Rico, students learn fundamental design principles — and much more.
Combining technology, education, and human connection to improve online learning
Caitlin Morris, a PhD student and 2024 MAD Fellow affiliated with the MIT Media Lab, designs digital learning platforms that make room for the “social magic” that influences curiosity and motivation.
Professor Emeritus Hank Smith honored for pioneering work in nanofabrication
Longtime MIT electrical engineer receives SPIE Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology.
A journey of resilience, fueled by learning
How experience with real-world problem-solving, combined with MIT Open Learning’s online resources and internship opportunities, solidified one Afghani learner’s career path.
Melding data, systems, and society
A new book from Professor Munther Dahleh details the creation of a unique kind of transdisciplinary center, uniting many specialties through a common need for data science.
The math of politics and power
Institute Professor and Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu teaches a PhD class about the intersections between history, political power, and money.
Professor Emeritus Stanley Fischer, a towering figure in academic macroeconomics and global economic policymaking, dies at 81
Influential MIT economist and former vice chair of the US Federal Reserve inspired generations of students and helped shape modern macroeconomics.
MIT mechanical engineering course invites students to “build with biology”
2.797/2.798 (Molecular Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics) explores the intersection of mechanics and biology.
MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.
MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work
With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.
Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named
MIT MAD has established new professorships and appointed three MIT faculty to advance design education across disciplines.
Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation
A new book coauthored by MIT’s Dimitris Bertsimas explores how analytics is driving decisions and outcomes in health care.