Universities founded centuries ago are the ones poised to tackle problems far enough removed from the market demands and day-to-day profit margins that drive industry's shareholders.

Professor Hal Abelson has dedicated his career to making information technology more accessible to all and empowering people — kids, in particular — through computer science.

The School of Science has announced that 11 faculty members have been appointed to named professorships. These positions offer additional support to professors to advance their research and develop their careers.

Assistant professor adapts her laboratory class, Engineering Interactive Technologies, to the pandemic, with surprising results.

MIT’s expansive effort to envision, and position itself for, a post-Covid world — Task Force 2021 and Beyond (MIT Beyond) — is now under way.