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Congratulations to Nergis Mavalvala PhD '97, Dean of the MIT School of Science and Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, on being named to the 2026 @Forbes 50 Over 50! #ForbesOver50 forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgra…
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ALT Portrait of Nergis Mavalvala with a frame reading "Forbes 50 over 50 [know your value]"
At the 2026 NASA Red Sox STEM day, over 4,000 students and teachers learned about NASA’s missions before attending an afternoon game. The @TESSatMIT traveling transit model made the trip to Fenway to demonstrate how TESS searches for planets around distant stars!
ALT TESS@MIT volunteers Kiran and Katharine hand out informational posters and use flash cards to help demonstrate how TESS finds planets around distant stars at Fenway Park.
The clock is ticking down to MIT’s 24-Hour Challenge on 3.12.26. Save the date to join the worldwide MIT community in supporting the Institute’s efforts to create a positive impact on our nation and world mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
ALT Sunset photo of the Great Dome at MIT
On rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse direction. A new study by @eapsMIT researchers predicts that these "boomerang" earthquakes can occur even along simple faults news.mit.edu/2026/new-study-…
John Urschel – @MITMath professor and former offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens – joined The Curiosity Desk to talk about his love of his family, linear algebra, and football youtube.com/watch?v=LFVXCGgR…
"It’s the people that make this place great."
🎥 Watch Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero on The World at MIT youtu.be/zyngMh-4v0s?si=Vw9n…
"It's important to really work on what you want to work on, what you believe in, and to have the confidence that if you think it's interesting, it's interesting."
🎥 Watch Professor Moungi Bawendi on The World at MIT youtu.be/CuHmbZxuTm4?si=UJ3v…
"There is something sacred about doing science."
🎥 Watch Professor Yukiko Yamashita on The World at MIT youtu.be/P_pI7Ronh-c?si=KAFC…
Science Quickly takes a field trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at MIT youtube.com/watch?v=M23E7gPL…
