institute announcements

Joichi Ito named director of MIT Media LabTechnology entrepreneur and Internet freedom advocate succeeds Frank Moss.

New report details status of women in science and engineering at MITFollow-up to previous reports shows improvement, but that still more can be done.

Engineering, management programs excel in graduate rankingsMIT leads the way in several disciplines in U.S. News and World Report's annual list

Letter to the community from President Hockfield on JapanCommunity members in MIT Japan program are accounted for and safe

Four professors named MacVicar fellowsSanyal, Schuh, Verghese and Winston honored for undergraduate teaching excellence

Financial aid budget will rise more sharply than tuition next yearUndergraduate financial aid up 5 percent; tuition, 3.9 percent

Save the dateLetter to the community about upcoming MIT150 events: Convocation and the Open House

Professor Eric Grimson named next chancellorCurrent head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to succeed Phillip L. Clay.

Ian A. Waitz named dean of MIT's School of EngineeringSixteenth dean succeeds Subra Suresh

The power of ‘convergence’In white paper, MIT scientists discuss potential for revolutionary advances in biomedicine and other fields.

MIT prepares for its 150th anniversaryFor 150 days in 2011, the Institute will celebrate ‘many different MITs’ as it honors its past and imagines its future.

MIT senior wins Rhodes ScholarshipJennifer Lai, who is majoring in biological engineering and music and theater arts, is headed to Oxford.

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to deliver 2011 Commencement addressWill help cap MIT's 150th anniversary celebration

7 win presidential early career honorsMIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.

Chancellor Phillip L. Clay to step downHailed by President Hockfield as ‘an exceptional leader,’ he leaves a remarkable record of achievement.

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in intellectual-property suitMIT had filed amicus brief in case supporting Stanford University and university technology transfer generally.

Susan Lindquist wins National Medal of ScienceThe Whitehead Institute member and MIT biology professor is one of 10 chosen to receive the top U.S. science honor.

President Hockfield reports steady progress at annual State of the Institute forumMIT looks to the future after two years of budget cuts.

Subra Suresh to head National Science FoundationMIT’s dean of engineering has been confirmed by the United States Senate to direct the largest supporter of non-medical basic-science research in the country.