Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open learning
Leveraging more than 35 years of experience at MIT, Bertsimas will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off campus.
Tracking emissions to help companies reduce their environmental footprint
Context Labs, led by Dan Harple SM ’13, uses AI-enabled data analytics and verification to help companies measure their true greenhouse emissions and document reductions.
Study: Flying keeps getting safer
Reflecting a “Moore’s Law of aviation,” commercial flight has become roughly twice as safe each decade since the 1960s; Covid-19 added a wrinkle, however.
Mission directors announced for the Climate Project at MIT
The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team.
Empowering future innovators through a social impact lens
The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge helps students hone their entrepreneurship skills to create viable ventures for public good.
MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2024-25
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
Students research pathways for MIT to reach decarbonization goals
A class this semester challenged students to evaluate technologies to help MIT decarbonize — with implications for organizations across the globe.
Improving working environments amid environmental distress
Namrata Kala’s wide-ranging research shows how climate change and other factors affect companies and their employees.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2024-25
Ranking at the top for the 13th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 11 subject areas.
Using art and science to depict the MIT family from 1861 to the present
MIT.nano inscribes 340,000 names on a single silicon wafer in latest version of One.MIT.
A modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap
Letting people work with a “navigator” dramatically increases how often they move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
MIT scholars will take commercial break with entrepreneurial scholarship
Propelled by MIT mentors and colleagues, two Kavanaugh Fellows will spend a year getting their innovative technologies ready for the market.
2024 MAD Design Fellows announced
The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute.
President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AI
The conversation in Kresge Auditorium touched on the promise and perils of the rapidly evolving technology.