Administration

Jacqueline Hewitt reappointed Kavli Institute director

Institute-wide Planning Task Force issues final reportReport represents concerted effort to seek insights and ideas from across MIT

President Hockfield meets key MIT Portugal stakeholders during three-day visit to LisbonReceives first-of-its-kind honorary doctorate from leading Portuguese universities

Letter from President Hockfield on the death of Howard Johnson

Former MIT President Howard W. Johnson dies at age 87A ‘loyal friend’ to the Institute, he also chaired the MIT Corporation and guided the school through a turbulent era.

Letter from the Editorial DirectorMIT News Office launches weekly digests

MIT welcomes President ObamaPresident to tour research lab and deliver clean-energy address.

A note on parking and pedestrian traffic on FridayPresident Obama's visit will temporarily limit access

President Obama to deliver energy address from MIT on FridayAt noon on Friday, the President will deliver an address from Kresge Auditorium about American leadership on clean energy. The address will be webcast live.

Planning advances for high-performance computing centerMIT, UMass and BU make considerable progress with the state and other partners on planned Holyoke facility

Community discusses Task Force reportDeadline nearing to provide feedback on report and its recommendations

State of the Institute forum looks at financesAt annual event, President Hockfield and senior administrators discuss progress in meeting targets and challenges ahead.

Community members invited to attend accreditation sessionsEvents for faculty, students and staff scheduled for Oct. 5 and 6

A turning point in the struggle against cancer?Using new tools, ideas and ways of working, MIT biologists and engineers hope to change paradigm.

How MIT approaches layoffsAn interview with Alison Alden, vice president for human resources

Out of darkness, sightBy studying rare cases of restored vision in older children and young adults, MIT neuroscientists are figuring out how the brain learns to see.

A vision for the futurePawan Sinha's initiative has treated hundreds of blind children

Fall 2009 Letter to the Community

After 52 years, Tech Talk ceases publicationToday, the News Office launches a new web site designed to serve the MIT community — and to tell the Institute's story to the wider world.

MIT Campus Police Review Panel issues reportPanel cites need for changes in wake of the arrest of former MIT Police officer Joseph D'Amelio

Forums to focus on Institute-wide planningEvents to feature discussion of Task Force preliminary report's recommendations on cutting costs and enhancing revenues.

MIT Interfraternity Council Expels Alpha Tau Omega

Statement on Sen. Edward M. KennedyMIT President Susan Hockfield's statement on the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy

Andrew Whittle to head Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringA geotechnical engineer who served on the
panel reviewing the hurricane protection systems in New Orleans
following Hurricane Katrina is the new head
of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.