Special events and guest speakers

3 Questions: The Institute Chaplain on religion at MITHow does a community such as MIT balance scientific inquiry and faith?

Science school for judgesMIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.

American made?MIT forum examines the role of manufacturing in rebuilding the economy.

Former mining CEO: China growth will continue, Africa the ‘next battle for natural resources’Agnelli speaks at Sloan as part of Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

MIT pauses to recall 9/11

Freshmen start the year with a splashIncoming first-year students swim over to the New England Aquarium for a night of fun.

Living in the digital ecosystemLinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talks data mash-ups, entrepreneurship and how his site keeps people honest.

President Hockfield stresses innovation in speech to U.S. governors‘Lasting economic growth emerges from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology,’ she says.

A national push for energy innovationAt MIT, former Michigan governor touts new bipartisan initiatives to make the U.S. the world’s clean-energy champ.

Making MIT’s (750-pound) sesquicentennial cakeSee the five-day process that started at Montilio's bakery in Brockton ended with the MIT150 sesquicentennial cake — all 750 pounds of it — being devoured at Toast to Tech.

‘To MIT — 150 more!’Toast to Tech brings together the Institute community to cap its 150th anniversary celebrations in style.

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'

Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'

‘Set your sights on changing the world’At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.

Slideshow: Doctoral hooding ceremonyNew PhD, ScD recipients honored at annual ceremony.

Lincoln Laboratory turns 60Recognition Day honors laboratory's contributions to the nation

Lawmakers tour MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center

From Globe and Gates to Google and Guardian: Nods to MIT's 150thSpecial Boston Globe magazine on MIT at 150 published Sunday; search-engine giant and U.K. newspaper post pieces about the Institute's impact

Open for businessMIT Sloan School of Management officially dedicates new building, with an eye toward campus-wide collaboration and bringing innovations to society.

MIT's campus all lit upThousands descend on campus for FAST Light, the finale of the Festival of Art + Science + Technology.

Of minds and machinesFinal installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.

Consortium celebrates 10 years of OpenCourseWare

Volunteer at Commencement 2011Online registration now open; guest services volunteers are vital to the event's success.

A new revolutionEgyptian Facebook activists visit MIT, representing a new non-violent movement in the Middle East.

Flying piano soloBaker House celebrates MIT150 open house with its annual Piano Drop.

Thousands spend Saturday at MIT‘Under the Dome’ showcases discovery and innovation; first open house in decades.

Exploring explorationFrom deep space to deep sea, two-day symposium examined MIT’s impacts and innovations.