Anantha Chandrakasan awarded 2022 IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of EECS, has…

MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech

In a fitting sequel to its entrepreneurship “boot camp” educational lecture series last fall, the MIT…

Provost Martin Schmidt named president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MIT Provost Martin Schmidt has been named as the 19th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the…

School of Science appoints 11 faculty members to named professorships

The School of Science has announced that 11 faculty members have been appointed to named professorships.…

Cynthia Breazeal named senior associate dean for open learning

Cynthia Breazeal has joined MIT Open Learning as senior associate dean, beginning in the Fall 2021…

Improving management everywhere

In the Indian state of Karnataka, many smallholder farmers have traditionally sold their products to intermediaries…

Professor Emeritus Ronald Probstein, world-renowned expert in fluid mechanics, dies at 93

Ronald Probstein, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, passed away at the age of 93 on Sept.…

MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan

In May, responding to the world’s accelerating climate crisis, MIT issued an ambitious new plan, “Fast…