Faculty

Building a better big boxMIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.

Introducing the Center for Advanced UrbanismCreating new models for 21st century cities

MicroRNA detection on the cheapMIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.

Mary Boyce to lead Columbia University’s engineering schoolMechanical Engineering department head named dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Using biology to improve chemical synthesisMIT team finds a more economical way to create valuable building blocks for pharmaceuticals

Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar DayParticipants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'

Peter Szolovits honored with Morris F. Collen Award of ExcellenceProfessor cited for 'commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics'

Searching for solar systems like our ownJosh Winn’s hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.

MITx version of introductory biology class has deep roots7.00x brings an MIT classic online.

Berners-Lee wins first Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringHonored for inventing the World Wide Web

Four professors named 2013 MacVicar FellowsGriffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

Goldwasser and Micali win Turing AwardTeam honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureateHonored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention

Radical Innovation course resonates with Italian industry professionalsSanjay Sarma urges Italian companies to capitalize on the country's innovative heritage to launch skunkworks efforts.

Mapping the early history of the moonIn 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.

Connect and collaborate using WebEx solutionsMIT's WebEx conferencing service has a new URL and audio-only access number for faculty, staff and students.

The science of politicsJens Hainmueller looks for experiments to answer tough political questions.

Allen Family Foundation grants Gore $1.5 million for research

Bringing energy innovations from lab to marketAnnual MIT Energy Conference focuses on how innovations can have a real impact on the world’s energy issues.

The People Behind the Awards: Laya W. WiesnerA look at some of MIT's most influential figures and the Institute awards that honor them.

MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of EnergyPresident Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.

Zuber addresses potential impact of federal sequestration on MIT researchIn a letter to principal investigators and researchers, MIT's vice president for research outlines the possible impact here.

Q&A: U.S. immigration policy and entrepreneurshipMIT’s Bill Aulet, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook and Edward Roberts discuss the challenges facing foreign-born entrepreneurs under U.S. immigration policy.