Alumni/ae
Sloan PhD student walks the walk in sustainability
March 14, 2012
Parrot helped accelerate sustainability efforts at the Institute alongside academic work.
Also labeled: Business and management, Environment, Graduate, postdoctoral, Students, Sustainability
REACH: Architecture of The Freelon Group
March 13, 2012
On exhibit at the Wolk Gallery now through April 13.
Also labeled: Architecture, Exhibits
Men’s basketball Final Four ticket information
March 12, 2012
Limited allotment available through MIT; fans can also go through the Salem Civic Center box office.
Corporation names members of Presidential Search Committee
March 8, 2012
Panel includes 12 members of the Corporation and 10 faculty members; six students named to Student Advisory Committee.
Louis S. Osborne PhD ’50, longtime MIT physicist, dies at 88
March 5, 2012
Developed many of the experimental techniques that are now standard practice in high-energy physics
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, History of MIT, Memorial services, Obituaries, Physics, Research
MathWorks makes multi-year sponsorship commitment to MIT OpenCourseWare
March 2, 2012
Joins Dow Chemical and Lockheed Martin in OCW Next Decade Alliance to support global educational opportunity.
Game on
March 2, 2012
As MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research.
Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84
March 1, 2012
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.
Alumni bring Turks and Armenians together for joint initiative
March 1, 2012
Professional workshops focus on environmental sustainability.
Current, former MIT researchers win Cozzarelli Prize
February 22, 2012
Waldbauer, Summons and Newman cited for PNAS paper showing evidence of early oxygen on Earth.
Looking to the future
February 16, 2012
Susan Hockfield's letter to the community
Also labeled: History of MIT, MIT Administration, MIT Corporation, MIT presidency, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Susan Hockfield to step down
February 16, 2012
MIT’s 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management.
Also labeled: Community, Faculty, MIT Administration, MIT Corporation, MIT presidency, Staff, Students, Provost
MIT team promotes prostate cancer prognosis tool
February 14, 2012
Group is a semifinalist in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Liquid batteries could level the load
February 14, 2012
MIT team makes progress toward goal of inexpensive grid-scale batteries that could help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable.
Also labeled: Automobiles, Electric grid, Energy, Energy storage, Materials Chemistry, Materials science
Five MIT engineers named to National Academy of Engineering
February 9, 2012
Several Institute alumni also among 66 new members announced today.
For a day, MIT students manufacture Bose speakers
February 7, 2012
IAP workshop teaches acoustics, speaker design to MIT students
An important new book on alumnus Robert Taylor
February 1, 2012
The nation’s first professionally trained African-American architect
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
January 25, 2012
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Algorithms, Astronauts, Contests and academic competitions, Education, teaching, academics, NASA, Robots, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Special events and guest speakers, Students, Video, Volunteering, outreach, public service, International Space Station
The group that built the field
January 23, 2012
Scientific reunion commemorates 50 years of Linguistics at MIT
BIll Johnson travels the world in search of basketball
January 23, 2012
Current MIT assistant coach's professional stops included Reykjavik and Sam Ramon.
The social entrepreneurs of SA+P
January 18, 2012
A sampling of non-profit organizations founded by alumni
Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Non-profit
Gene Chamberlain, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 91
December 15, 2011
Worked in MIT’s International Students Office for 32 years
$26.5 million Simons gift to catalyze autism research at MIT
December 13, 2011
Creates the Simons Center for the Social Brain
Professor emeritus Adel Sarofim SM ’57, ScD ’62 dies at 77
December 8, 2011
Sal Khan to deliver 2012 Commencement address
December 6, 2011
Online-education pioneer, MIT alumnus to speak to the Class of 2012 on June 8.
Marilyn Wolfson named 2012 fellow of the American Meteorological Society
December 6, 2011
Recognized for longtime contributions to atmospheric, oceanic sciences.
Alumna and students design success in home-décor startup
December 5, 2011
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Marketing, MarketLab, Startups, Students
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