Designer of the Louvre pyramid and of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art left a distinctive mark on the MIT campus.

An old artifact is no longer the standard for the kilogram. As of today, nature itself provides the definition.

At the piano and in the lab, double major Tony Zhang is driven by curiosity and creativity.

New program will focus on rapid deployment of artificial intelligence innovations in operations, disaster response, and medical readiness.

MIT startup Acoustic Wells earned the grand prize at the annual entrepreneurship competition.

“Over the past century, we’ve created the greatest gift in the history of humanity — thirty extra years of life — and we don’t know what to do with it! Now that we’re living longer, how do we plan for what we’re going to do?” says AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin of how AgeLab researchers are developing new technologies aimed at improving the quality of life for people as they age.

“As of today, the world will never be the same.” So began a special lecture by Professor Wolfgang Ketterle exploring the kilogram’s new standard of measurement.

Researchers in the Mediated Matter Group have created polymers derived from organic materials that are “designed to decompose upon reaching the end of its product life cycle, returning to the earth instead of being destined for a dump.”

With athletic recruitment in need of change, schools are encouraged to look to MIT for a model of “an athletics-affirming but recruitment-light culture.” “Despite refusing to put a thumb on the scale for athlete applications, MIT has produced a successful sports program that enhances, rather than detracts from, its academic reputation.”