- New AI education program from MIT Open Learning debuts with AI-powered personalization and a free introductory course for learners everywhere.
- President Sally Kornbluth spoke in front of a packed crowd about growing challenges to the U.S. research ecosystem as funding for America’s top research universities becomes increasingly strained
- In Compton Lecture at MIT, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns of dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, and civic life, and urges curbs to tech use.
- MIT Dean of Engineering Paula Hammond keynotes the 52nd MLK Celebration, with a message of resilience and determination.
- MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer.
- Top stories highlighted the Institute’s leading positions in world and national rankings; new collaboratives tackling manufacturing, generative AI, and quantum; how one professor influenced hundreds of thousands of students around the world; and more.
- MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.
- An electrical engineer by training, Su is the chair and CEO of the semiconductor company AMD.
- In a conversation with Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Bhattacharya focused on the agency’s policy goals and funding practices.
- A chemical engineer who now serves as executive vice provost, Hammond will succeed Anantha Chandrakasan.