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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Chris Bourg named vice provost and Barbara K. Ostrom (1978) Director of the MIT Libraries
As director, Bourg has focused on digital access, open and equitable scholarly publishing, and expanded support for data-intensive research. -
MIT access to ChatGPT and Codex
In response to requests from across our community, you now have access to frontier models from OpenAI – GPT-6 Astra and Sol – as well as Codex. -
You’re invited! UROP Mixer Oct. 28
This dynamic, expo-style event will connect undergraduate students with UROP mentors who have exciting research opportunities available for IAP, and Spring and Summer 2027. -
MIT welcomes David Siegel SM ’86, PhD ’91 as its next Innovation Fellow
Computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist will collaborate with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing to advance AI and scientific discovery. -
Provost’s Office Newsletter
Insights, resources and updates for faculty. -
3 Questions: The essential role of international engagement
Duane Boning, MIT’s vice provost for international activities, discusses the Institute’s approach to global engagement. -
Launching the search for the first vice provost of translation and entrepreneurship
Translation and entrepreneurship, encompassing a broad set of activities by which MIT’s ideas move into the world, are a vital part of MIT’s mission, alongside education and research. -
MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program
The Institute welcomes its first cohort of QMIT Fellows this fall to advance interdisciplinary quantum research. -
At MIT convocation, a warm welcome for the Class of 2030
The Institute is “so glad and so grateful” to have this year’s new undergraduates aboard, President Kornbluth said at the annual greeting ceremony. -
How MIT Sandbox has turned student ideas into $8.7 billion in global impact
Through a decade of non-dilutive funding, hands-on mentorship, and a safe space to fail fast, the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program has helped students translate curiosity into real-world impact. -
Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI
The working group produced three resource documents to inform decisions made by MIT scholars and Institute entities that publish, steward, or otherwise manage scholarly content. -
New report on translation and entrepreneurship
We write to share the final report of the Committee on Accelerating Translation and Entrepreneurship (CATE).