Associate Professor Leslie Tilley’s passion for a diversity of musical practices comes through in her research and in the classroom.

Developing a new neuroscience model is no small feat. New faculty member Brady Weissbourd has risen to the challenge in order to study nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function.

Assistant Professor César Terrer and recent visiting student Stephen Bell describe how agricultural lands that are no longer productive could play an important role in carbon sequestration.

Through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the US Department of Defense supports research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.

President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.

Rob Macfarlane synthesizes new composite materials by manipulating their structure at the nanometer scale.

Ming Guo seeks connections between a cell’s physical form and its biological function, which could illuminate ways to halt abnormal cell growth.

The teams will work toward sustainable microchips and topological materials as well as socioresilient materials design.

J-WAFS researchers are using remote sensing observations to build high-resolution systems to monitor drought.