Empowering students to bring change in the Middle East

Growing up as a shy kid in Palestine, Joseph Michael didn’t have much exposure to computer…

Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators

Five MIT professors have been selected to receive the 2023 Simons Investigators awards from the Simons…

New qubit circuit enables quantum operations with higher accuracy

In the future, quantum computers may be able to solve problems that are far too complex…

Future science at the molecular level

Innovating at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and engineering, Professor Brad Pentelute and the Pentelute Lab…

MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab has awarded $917,526 in Education Innovation Grants to support 14…

Putting public service into practice

Salomé Otero ’23 doesn’t mince words about the social impact internship she had in 2022. “It…

Planning algorithm enables high-performance flight

A tailsitter is a fixed-wing aircraft that takes off and lands vertically (it sits on its…

Envisioning the future of computing

How will advances in computing transform human society? MIT students contemplated this impending question as part…

Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront

There has been a remarkable surge in the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence to address…

Success at the intersection of technology and finance

Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin had some free advice for an at-capacity crowd of MIT…