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Anders Serj Hansen, a professor in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, received the 2024-25 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award in recognition of exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service.

After the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion freeze on grants to Harvard, some critics have questioned why it can't just make up for federal funding with endowments.

In a message, the university's president said it will not 'surrender its independence' amid crackdown on education

MIT affiliates Rupert Li, Sreekar Mantena, Arjun Ramani, and Jupneet Singh have been named among 30 new Paul and Daisy Soros Fellows for New Americans. In addition, Soros Fellow Andre Ye will begin a PhD at MIT this fall.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of their responses to antisemitism, a White House official

Frederick D. Greene, an MIT professor emeritus of chemistry, died at 97. Greene was a physical organic chemist and MIT professor for over 40 years and is celebrated for his lasting impact on generations of chemists.

The first trial of the technology showed promise. But it's about what goes into the model.

Universities are reckoning with cuts of billions of dollars of in grants. Their research can lay the groundwork for what the private sector delivers to the marketplace – and its loss could have lasting consequences.

Marko Delimar is focused on funding more scholarships and grants

The AAAS recognized MIT affiliates Noubar Afeyan, Cynthia Breazeal, Alan Edelman, Robert Millard, Jagadeesh Moodera, and Noelle Eckley Selin, as well as 27 additional MIT alumni, as 2024 AAAS Fellows for their efforts to advance science and related fields.

New observations with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile reveal the earliest-ever "baby pictures" of our universe, showing some of the oldest light we can possibly see.

Academia runs on underpaid, overworked PhD students. It doesn't have to.

Two Harvard researchers said in a lawsuit that the Trump administration removed their work from a public website because it referenced the LGBTQ community.

"What could explain this mortality puzzle?" write Dr. Christopher Worsham and Dr. Anupam Jena.

Zoe Fisher, a doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, is studying how defects in ceramics form during radiation damage, toward designing a more practical ceramic that can insulate the inside of fusion power plants.

The Chicago Teachers Union plans to submit the five "sticking points" preventing them from settling on a new contract to the school board.

The future of the US-European security partnership is now in doubt. President Trump has called for a division of labor for the continent's defense, wherein

MIT Professor Rohit Karnik has been named the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), the only program at MIT specifically focused on water and food for human need.

President Trump credits Elon Musk with leading efforts to disrupt, shrink, and overhaul the federal bureacuracy. Mr. Musk has major business interests intertwined with the very government he is remaking.

"Do not obey in advance" was the slogan going into the first Trump administration. Some universities and hospitals seem to be struggling with that advice.