In Compton Lecture, Kwame Anthony Appiah analyzes foundations of racism
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offered a timely commentary while delivering the latest of MIT’s Compton lectures on Thursday, outlining a framework for understanding racism as a tool for social...
View ArticleCynthia Barnhart to step down as MIT’s chancellor
Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, PhD ’88 will step down from her role as chancellor and return to the faculty on July 1, President L. Rafael Reif announced today in an email to the MIT community.During her...
View ArticleLetter from President Reif: India, Covid, and our global community
The following letter was sent to the MIT community today by President L. Rafael Reif.To the members of the MIT community,Hopeful signs of reopening here in Massachusetts stand in cruel contrast to the...
View ArticleMIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
MIT has released an ambitious new plan for action to address the world’s accelerating climate crisis. The plan, titled “Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade,” includes a broad array...
View Article3 Questions: President Reif on the search for MIT’s next chancellor
Earlier this month, President L. Rafael Reif announced that Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, PhD ’88, MIT’s chancellor since 2014, will step down this summer. Following a sabbatical leave, she’ll return to...
View ArticlePresident L. Rafael Reif’s charge to the Class of 2021
Below is the text of President L. Rafael Reif's Commencement remarks, as prepared for delivery. The Institute's 2021 Commencement was held online today.To the MIT graduates of 2021… Congratulations!On...
View Article“Commit to changing the world,” civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson urges the...
For only the second time in its history, MIT celebrated its Commencement in an online ceremony. This year’s event featured taped tributes from around the world, a musical composition created specially...
View ArticleMelissa Nobles named MIT’s next chancellor
MIT has announced that its next chancellor will be Melissa Nobles, an accomplished scholar who has led the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences since 2015.As chancellor, Nobles will oversee...
View ArticleMIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U
MIT and Harvard University have announced a major transition for edX, the nonprofit organization they launched in 2012 to provide an open online platform for university courses: edX’s assets are to be...
View ArticleFAQs on agreement to sell edX to 2U, Inc. and fund nonprofit to reimagine...
This set of FAQs offers information about today’s announcement of a transaction to sell edX as a public benefit company while funding a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the impact of digital...
View ArticleLetter from President Reif: A new future for edX
To the members of the MIT community,I write to share important news about the future of edX, the nonprofit that MIT and Harvard launched together in 2012 to offer the world an open-source online...
View Article“You’re surrounded by a community that cares about you”
As the sun broke through the clouds on a breezy Monday morning, first-year students and their families gathered on Kresge Oval for MIT’s Convocation, the Institute’s annual welcome to the incoming...
View ArticleMIT to put unexpected gains to work immediately
MIT announced today that unusually strong performance by its endowment will enable greater support for undergraduate and graduate students, and investment in research operations that will strengthen...
View ArticleScene at MIT: MIT welcomes Chancellor Melissa Nobles
Nestled between buildings 12, 13, 24, and 31 is the North Corridor, an area coined as the “Outfinite” by students, where members of the MIT community gathered for an Institute community social hosted...
View ArticleAt Mass STEM Week kickoff, MIT RAISE announces Day of AI
The fourth annual Massachusetts STEM Week kicked off on Monday, Oct. 18 at the MIT Media Lab. Organized by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education and the STEM Advisory Council, Mass STEM Week...
View ArticleMIT welcomes Virginia Rometty as its next visiting innovation fellow
Virginia M. “Ginni” Rometty, a business leader and champion of diversity in the workplace, will serve as the next MIT Visiting Innovation Fellow for the coming academic year.Formerly chairperson,...
View ArticleTask Force 2021 and Beyond submits final “blueprints for building a better MIT”
A task force charged with reimagining the future of MIT has released its final report, 18 months after it began work in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report, from Task Force 2021 and Beyond,...
View ArticleProvost Martin Schmidt named president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MIT Provost Martin Schmidt has been named as the 19th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest technological research university.Schmidt, who earned his BS in electrical...
View ArticleRonald Kurtz, philanthropist and MIT Corporation life member emeritus, dies...
Ronald Kurtz '54, '59, SM '60, a materials manufacturer with a great love of art, died on Nov. 20. He was 89.Kurtz earned three degrees at MIT — a bachelor's degree in industrial management and...
View ArticleMIT joins the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
This fall, MIT joined the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA), a Boston-based statewide organization that works to advance the economic well-being of Black businesses, organizations, and...
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