Updates
To keep you informed, find the latest news, events, and reports coming out of our office—plus the provost’s Letters to the Community.
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New particle detector passes the “standard candle” test
TEST: The sPHENIX detector is on track to reveal properties of primordial quark-gluon plasma. -
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Staff members honored with 2025 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
The MIT community celebrates their fellow staff members’ talent and dedication to the Institute. -
MIT Learn offers “a whole new front door to the Institute”
The AI-enabled platform serves as a hub for MIT’s lifelong learning opportunities. -
MIT launches a “moonshot for menstruation science”
The Fairbairn Menstruation Science Fund will allow researchers to accelerate the understanding and treatment of often-neglected diseases that tend to be more common in women. -
Major tax impact on MIT and its mission
An update on recently enacted tax and spending bill. -
Launch of Search Advisory Committee for Dean of Engineering
I write to update you on the search for the next dean of the School of Engineering. -
President Emeritus Reif reflects on successes as a technical leader
At a fireside chat, L. Rafael Reif and Anantha P. Chandrakasan discussed the importance of developing engineering leadership skills to solve the world’s most challenging problems. -
Summer 2025 reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff, including a book co-authored by Vice Provost Dimitris Bertsimas. -
The tenured engineers of 2025
Eleven faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.