Faculty

3 Questions: Charles Stewart sizes up the 2012 electionMIT political scientist and voting expert weighs in on the state of the presidential campaign, the shifting demographics of America, and the tossup U.S. Senate races.

MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologiesWill address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry

Junot Díaz named finalist for the 2012 National Book Award

MIT Medical sets new single-day record for flu shotsSecond flu clinic being held Thursday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Center

A new way to create rare sugarsMIT team discovers an inorganic catalyst that could pave the way to a more robust synthesis of valuable rare sugars.

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.

MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary of pilot site launchThe first materials from 32 courses were published in a pilot site launched 10 years ago last month.

Symposium launches new Borders Research Initiative by MIT Women's and Gender Studies

How better financing could help create new cancer drugsMIT finance researchers say a diversified ‘megafund’ of securities could help the industry deliver new products to consumers.

DeGraff awarded $1 million NSF grant to continue linguistics research in HaitiFunding will help develop classroom tools to teach science and math in Creole for the first time.

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

New interactive map assesses solar power potential of CambridgePublic launch for project taking place Oct. 3

Mehrdad Jazayeri to join BCS, McGovern Institute faculty

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

Too much information?MIT Sloan marketing professor Catherine Tucker analyzes the boundaries of privacy in a connected world.

Women’s impact in clean energy is growing worldwideMIT symposium highlights women’s increasing leadership in energy research, industry and government.

Developing future library leadersMIT Libraries launches Fellows Program

McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award

Replicating living structuresResearch examines how to control spatial distribution of cells in microenvironments

Walk-in flu shot clinic this Friday

Understanding and predicting materials behaviorDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach

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.

Oscillating microscopic beads could be key to biolab on a chipMIT team finds way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny device.

Automatic building mapping could help emergency respondersA prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest automatically maps the wearer’s environment, recognizing movement between floors.

‘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.

Slideshow: Thursday's Inaugural Celebration ConcertAn evening with Venezuela's Caracas Brass