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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A new focus on understanding the human element
The MIT Human Insight Collaborative will elevate the human-centered disciplines and unite the Institute’s top scholars to help solve the world’s biggest challenges. -
Third Annual MIT Prize for Open Data Celebrates Researchers Across MIT
The third annual MIT Prize for Open Data was recently awarded to 10 individual and group research projects. -
MIT to lead expansion of regional innovation network
National Science Foundation grant expected to help New England researchers translate discoveries to commercial technology. -
Misinformation is all around. How can we combat it?
In a lecture at MIT, Professor Adam Berinsky surveyed one of the thorniest ongoing problems in modern politics. -
Nominate MLK Visiting Scholars for Academic Year 2025–2026
We encourage all of you to reach out through your networks and consider submitting a nomination. -
Launching leadership search for MIT Life Sciences & Health Collaborative
The collaborative will spur interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of engineering, science, computing and AI, economics, business, policy, design and the built environment, and the humanities. -
MIT welcomes nine MLK Scholars for 2024-25
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty. -
Assessing progress to address faculty gender and racial inequities
Together we can celebrate our progress and identify collective strategies to address the essential work that remains unfinished. -
Your help in setting the tone for our community
We are writing to ask directly for your support and engagement in helping to set the tone for our whole community, especially if you work with students. -
President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028
Vice Provost Paula Hammond spoke at the President’s Convocation. -
Duane Boning named vice provost for international activities
Boning brings a spirit of curiosity and collaboration to his new role. -
Duane Boning Appointed Vice Provost for International Activities
In his new role, Duane will provide intellectual leadership, guidance, and oversight of the Institute’s international engagements and policies.