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MIT alums recount their Martian experiencesSeveral AeroAstro alumni return to campus to describe landing the Curiosity rover on Mars.

Profile: Ju Li explores new nanomaterialsWorking from the scale of atoms on up, he designs materials for future energy applications.

Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.

Celebrating 10 years of Simmons HallPast and current “Sims” join together for a three-day long celebration.

Department snapshot: Aeronautics and AstronauticsAeroAstro takes off in new directions — prompting a 50 percent spike in new undergraduate enrollments.

Junot Díaz wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’Pulitzer Prize-winning author and writing professor receives unrestricted $500,000 prize.

Slideshow: Community Inauguration FestivalSaturday's events — including a road race, campus quest and global barbecue — marked the end of the week of festivities around inauguration.

‘We are all in this great enterprise together’In his inaugural address, President L. Rafael Reif aims MIT on a course to shape new directions in education.

Innovation in the classroom‘Future of Education’ symposium, held before the inauguration of President L. Rafael Reif, examines the evolution of teaching and learning.

Alumni bring autoclaves to the developing worldOttoClave aims to deliver world-class sterilization technology to rural health clinics.

Open Education on the Move: An Interview with Vijay KumarDirector of MIT's Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) discusses some of the key concepts propelling the open education movement.

Inauguration festivities off to a stimulating startInnovation symposium touches on a dizzying array of topics, with themes of interdisciplinary collaboration, energy and innovation for the developing world.

NASA-JPL director Charles Elachi talks about latest Mars missionCuriosity is the most ambitious planetary rover mission ever, but it’s just one of the many exploratory projects JPL is undertaking.

MIT's Man Vehicle Laboratory turns 50Celebrating anniversary with daylong symposium on Sept. 14

Leonard A. Gould, EECS emeritus professor, dies at 85Joined MIT faculty in 1953; studied control problems and dynamic modeling.

Preview of an inaugurationIn addition to marking the beginning of L. Rafael Reif’s term as MIT’s 17th president, the festivities will celebrate the MIT community’s ethic of service.

Sarah Stewart Johnson, EAPS PhD, gives rein to curiosityAlumna envisions combining academia with public policy

Bringing power to the people — and heat as wellSun-powered system developed by MIT students could provide electricity, heat and cooling to rural schools and clinics.

Celebrating a decade at home at MITGraduate students and alumni gather for a weekend of festivities in honor of Sidney-Pacific's 10th anniversary.

Angus MacDonald, longtime MIT Corporation member, dies at 86Alumnus’ wide-ranging MIT interests included neuroscience, aeronautics, political science and the arts and humanities.

Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy workNewly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.

Tech Reunions giving tops $250 millionReunion classes deliver record-breaking gifts — and enjoy 156 events during Tech Reunions 2012.

The Stephen D. Baker Outstanding Change Initiative Award

A festive day for MIT’s 146th Commencement exercisesGraduates reminisce and celebrate in innovative ways.

President Susan Hockfield’s charge to the 2012 graduates‘Now is the moment for us to send you forth … to put MIT’s spirit and principles to work around the globe.’

Sal Khan's Commencement addressAlumnus, Khan Academy founder speaks to the Class of 2012

Sal Khan salutes ‘the wizards of tomorrow’In commencement address, 1998 alumnus asks the Class of 2012 to perform a thought experiment in time travel.