A new MIT shipping policy takes effect on June 30, 2026. The policy requires introductory training of anyone involved in shipping and introduces a new system that must be used to initiate international shipments and any shipments of research materials.
A search is underway for the next director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Zach Hartwig is leading a search advisory group to provide input to VPR Waitz.
Tomás Palacios has agreed to lead the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) as director, effective today. Tomás has directed the Microsystems Technology Laboratories since 2022 and will continue in that role.
Updates on the annual spending process in Washington, D.C., and information on the likely impacts a government shutdown would have on the Institute’s research enterprise.
The Institute is assessing and evaluating the initial impacts of the executive actions and new agency guidance we are aware of to date. This page requires Touchstone login.
Shining a light on the critical role of mentors in a postdoc's career, the MIT Postdoctoral Association presented the fourth annual Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Awards to professors John Marshall and Erin Kara.
