MIT Administration

Standing tributesMIT students, faculty and staff showed up by the thousands to pay their respects to Officer Sean Collier.

‘He was truly one of us’Thousands of law enforcement officials join the MIT community in honoring fallen officer Sean Collier.

‘He loved us, and we loved him’MIT community recalls fallen officer Sean Collier, who made a big impression in 15 months at MIT.

City of Cambridge approves MIT’s zoning petitionKendall Square to be invigorated; approval gained through collaborative approach

MIT president, senior faculty and deans ask Cambridge to approve MIT’s zoning proposalReif thanks City Council and the people of Cambridge for valuable input.

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

New international fellowship to honor Charles VestMIT will be one of eight U.S. universities to participate.

Undergraduate tuition and fees to rise 3.4 percent next yearIncrease to be offset by financial aid expenditures, which will grow to a record $97.6 million.

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.

Cambridge Planning Board cites satisfaction with Kendall proposalMembers laud three-year effort to address issues and aspirations.

Institute-Wide Task Force aims to sketch the MIT education of the futureSaying ‘we are in the midst of an educational revolution,’ President L. Rafael Reif asks Professor Sanjay Sarma and EVP and Treasurer Israel Ruiz to lead an effort to envision the MIT of 2020 and beyond.

Subra Suresh named next president of Carnegie Mellon UniversityFormer dean of the MIT School of Engineering to step down from NSF post.

Cambridge Ordinance Committee reviews MIT's Kendall Square zoning petitionCity Councilors set the stage for further discussion

MIT presents new Kendall Square zoning proposalFirst formal hearing before the Cambridge Planning Board

President Reif writes to MIT community regarding Aaron Swartz

Daniel Hastings to step down as dean for undergraduate educationFollowing seven years of administrative leadership, Hastings will return to the MIT faculty.

President Obama announces intent to appoint Maria Zuber to National Science BoardMIT geophysicist nominated for 25-member governing board of the National Science Foundation.

MIT files new Kendall Square rezoning petitionAction will launch public review process in Cambridge, further collaborative thinking on campus.

MIT presents Kendall Square zoning concepts to Cambridge Planning BoardPlanning Board reacts positively; Institute is prepared to file rezoning petition

Maria Zuber appointed vice president for researchClaude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.

Martin Schmidt to oversee MIT’s industry-facing officesAssociate provost will oversee Technology Licensing Office and Office of Corporate Relations; retains duties around space planning.