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MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh
In southwestern Bangladesh, where extreme heat and severe tropical cyclones threaten the lives of millions of people, a new kind of climate refuge has opened its doors.At the Baradal Aftab Uddin Collegiate School in the Satkhira district, the Jameel Observatory Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network (Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet) opened its first “adaptation fortress,” a solar-powered […]
MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern manufacturing
From the basement of MIT’s Building 35 to Monterrey, Mexico, and now beyond. That is the journey of FrED, a low-cost desktop fiber (Fr) extrusion (E) device (D), designed and assembled by students in an educational factory at MIT. That factory is transforming how manufacturing is taught — replacing textbook learning with hands-on experience in […]
Lerna Ekmekcioglu named head of MIT’s History Section
Lerna Ekmekcioglu, the McMillan-Stewart Professor of History, has been named head of the History Section, effective July 1. “Lerna is an exceptional scholar and a proven leader. I am confident that she will guide the unit with thoughtfulness, wisdom, and a deep commitment to its continued success. I very much look forward to working with […]
MIT-Kalaniyot program expands, with new cohort of scholars
As a new academic year dawns, the MIT-Kalaniyot program is welcoming its second cohort of scholars to campus, expanding an innovative effort to build new connections between MIT and researchers from Israel. In fall 2026, MIT-Kalaniyot has 11 new scholars arriving at MIT to pursue research, collaborating with Institute faculty across a wide variety of […]
Eleven from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards
Eleven MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants to conduct research or teach English in countries across the world. Five other students declined their awards to pursue other opportunities, and another student is still deciding. In total, 17 of MIT’s 30 Fulbright applicants won awards this year. Funded […]
How architecture influences political activity
Could the precise architectural form of your residence influence how much you participate in politics? A new study by MIT scholars finds this to be exactly the case — at least in Accra, Ghana, where many people live in semi-communal structures known as “compound houses,” often sharing kitchens, bathrooms, and common living-room spaces, while having […]
Harriet having it all
In winter 1997, at age 60, when many researchers might be looking forward to retirement, Harriet Latham Robinson SM ’61, PhD ’65 was pursuing a faculty position as the chief of microbiology and immunology at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She got the job. There, she would also […]
MIT Open Learning reaches all the way to the South Pole
From the icy expanse of the South Pole, John Della Costa, a researcher on the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) project, watches STS.042/8.225 (Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century), a free online class from MIT Open Learning’s OpenCourseWare, as part of a weekly “Fysics Fridays” series he started with his team. […]
Fluorescent nanosensor enables rapid, first-of-its-kind detection of key gut health biomarker
An international team of researchers has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor powered by carbon nanotubes that is capable of rapidly detecting an emerging biomarker linked to gut health and disease. This important development could eventually lead to faster and more accessible gut-health testing. Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) is a metabolite produced by gut bacteria during the […]
Q&A with an MIT dining influencer
Last fall, MIT Campus Dining recruited a group of students to make short videos and share their experiences as student diners on Instagram. The MIT Dining Ambassadors program is an effort to get students talking about — and helping to improve — MIT’s food services and systems. One of the inaugural ambassadors, Michaela Brown, a biochemical […]