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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Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training
The committee will help us understand how MIT community members are already using AI and how they can best use it in the future to advance the Institute’s educational, research, and innovation mission. -

Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work launches at MIT
Recent launch event for the center featured discussions on pro-worker AI, wealth inequality, and the future of liberal democracy. -

Launching the search for the next vice provost for faculty
We are launching an internal search for MIT’s next vice provost for faculty – a position central to supporting the academic life of the Institute. -

Digital innovations and cultural heritage in rural towns
A new book providing a roadmap for blending innovation with tradition among shrinking towns blossomed from a practicum in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. -

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore visits MIT
The leader accepted the Miriam Pozen Prize for international financial policy and delivered a lecture at the MIT Sloan School of Management. -

New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age
The new certificate program will equip naval officers with skills needed to solve the military’s hardest problems. -

Supporting our local community
Every year at this time, we have an opportunity to make a meaningful difference through MIT’s own Community Service Fund. -

Paula Hammond named dean of the School of Engineering
A chemical engineer who now serves as executive vice provost, Hammond will succeed Anantha Chandrakasan. -

Announcing the new dean of engineering
Executive Vice Provost and Institute Professor Paula T. Hammond will become the next dean of the School of Engineering. -

Inaugural UROP mixer draws hundreds of students eager to gain research experience
The Institute will commit up to $1 million in new funding to increase supply of UROPs. -

Next steps on financial pressures
After extensive community input and months of consultation, modeling and planning, we write now to share our framework for addressing financial pressures. -

Introducing the MIT-GE Vernova Climate and Energy Alliance
Five-year collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova aims to accelerate the energy transition and scale new innovations.