News Items

Blanche Staton to retire from OGE
After 25 years of service at MIT, Blanche Staton will step down from the helm of the Office of Graduate Education.
Robot armies duke it out in Battlecode’s epic on-screen battles
The long-running programming competition encourages skills and friendships that last a lifetime.
Aviva Intveld named 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholar
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in earth sciences at Cambridge University.
QuARC 2023 explores the leading edge in quantum information and science
The second annual student-industry conference was held in-person for the first time.
Taking the long view: The Deep Time Project
Architecture students address the urgent need to reframe the relationship between design and time.
Thirty-two exceptional MIT students selected as 2023 Burchard Scholars
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
MIT wins 83rd Putnam Mathematical Competition, sweeps top five spots for third consecutive year
Twenty-one of the top 25 finishers are MIT students, including the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize winner.
Illuminating the successes and struggles of MIT Black history
The MIT Black History Project is documenting 150+ years of the Black experience at the Institute and beyond.
Celebrating the high-speed photography of late MIT professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton
At a recent MIT Edgerton Center event, Professor J. Kim Vandiver shared the story of his mentor, a beloved educator at the Institute.
Update on Grad Student Union Negotiations
MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles and Provost Cynthia Barnhart provide an update on progress in negotiations with MIT’s new graduate student union, the MIT GSU-UE.