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Four MIT faculty members are among the roughly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 22. Thirteen additional MIT alumni were also honored. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center […]

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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Professor T.L. Taylor has been named a 2026-27 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (CASBS), a highly selective residential program that convenes scholars from a wide range of disciplines for a year of focused research, collaborative exchange, and intellectual engagement. Professor Taylor — an […]

Picture this scenario in a business: An employee, Brad, disclosed some information that wound up in the hands of a competitor. He may not have meant to, but he did, and a few people at the firm know this. So, at the next company meeting, another employee, Linda, looks pointedly at Brad and says, “I […]

Brian Robinson has always been interested in exploring the sky, and beyond. “When I was a middle schooler, I would draw pictures about wanting to be an astronaut one day,” he remembers.  Now at MIT, Robinson continues to follow that passion. As a senior double majoring in aerospace engineering and political science, his research focuses on the […]