Special events and guest speakers

Robots go head to head, 250 miles above EarthThird annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.

The group that built the fieldScientific reunion commemorates 50 years of Linguistics at MIT

Lincoln Laboratory helps celebrate the official unveiling of the Space Surveillance TelescopeThe laboratory developed enabling technologies for the telescope

Building community while cooking-for-yourselfStar chef Brian McCarthy shows MIT students a different way to cook — vegan style!

Test tube menorah litMIT Hillel continues annual Hanukah celebration.

Garbage to GlamorousNext House 'Trashion' show wows nearly 100 spectators with eco-friendly outfits, taps into community resources.

MIT Police Honor Guard attends Virginia Tech ceremonyFour MIT officers among thousands who traveled from colleges and universities nationwide.

DARPA administrators: Just make itAgency Director Regina Dugan and Deputy Director Ken Gabriel speak about revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.

Residential Life staff celebrates new homeCentralized office to promote collaboration between offices

Vegan chef and author dishes on healthy food and dining at MIT3 Questions with a Bon Appétit chef visiting campus this week to showcase vegan cooking in the dining halls and dorm kitchens.

Slimy scienceBiological engineering assistant professor says mucus is cooler than you think.

Nobel laureate: Long path to economic renewal, but energy innovation could help

Two congressmen visit the Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Sal Khan to deliver 2012 Commencement addressOnline-education pioneer, MIT alumnus to speak to the Class of 2012 on June 8.

Chu: New materials could be transformativeCiting historical examples, U.S. secretary of energy argues that the nation can still regain its manufacturing leadership.

Rebuilding American manufacturingWhite House working group convenes at MIT to examine how new technologies can create economic growth and more jobs in the United States.

National campus safety expert holds educational workshops at MITRisk management speaker talks with students, staff and alumni.

IPC Forum on Energy InnovationNew ways of developing clean, reliable, affordable U.S. energy supplies

Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunitiesWith knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.

Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium convenes inaugural Boston open house

Major global increase in energy use, emissions predicted at MITEI colloquium

Witnessing artists at workA creative collaboration for the benefit of students

Erdekian stresses importance of ongoing innovation for manufacturing

Sen. Whitehouse visits Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg visits MIT on recruitment swing

Educating young women, rebuilding CambodiaAlan Lightman discusses his social entrepreneurial work in building the first college dormitories for women in Cambodia.

Summers: To end slump, United States must spendIn MIT remarks, former Treasury secretary calls for the ‘common sense’ cure of more government spending to spur growth.

Sports categories, buzzer stymie MIT Sloan team in 'Jeopardy!' match against Harvard, IBM Watson computer

Robert Lepage named 2012 recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MITMultidisciplinary performance and media artist will receive award and hold campus residency at MIT from April 24-26, 2012.