Meet Robert Horvitz
Meet Robert Horvitz
MIT's Robert Horvitz has devoted much of his career to studying the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi at MIT
Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi at MIT
Women's Rights in Iran and the Islamic WorldSpeaker: Dr. Shirin Ebadi, lawyer, human rights activist, and the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her work defending the rights of women and children in Iran
A Conversation about Economic Inequality
Minding the Gap: A Conversation about Economic Inequality
At an MIT forum, economists suggested America's growing wealth gap matters for an overarching reason that's slightly harder to quantify: Inequality, they said, constitutes a threat to America's values and political system.
A Brief History of Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
A Brief History of Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
Dr. Adam Riess (MIT '92) - Space Telescope Science Institute, John Hopkins University
Diamond wins Nobel Prize (Part 2)
Nobel Prize in Economics - MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond - Part 2
Nobel Prize in Economics Press Conference with winner Peter Diamond
Diamond wins Nobel Prize (Part 1)
Nobel Prize in Economics - MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond - Part 1
Nobel Prize in Economics Press Conference with winner Peter Diamond
Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock
Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock
Growing up in Indiana, exploring the local woods and pit where fossils were found, Richard Schrock early on became interested in the natural world.
Lunch with a Laureate: Eric Chivian
Lunch with a Laureate: Eric Chivian
In 1978, in his last years of residency in psychiatry at Mass General Hospital, Eric Chivian decided to do something bold.
Lunch with a Laureate: Jack Szostak
Lunch with a Laureate: Jack Szostak
Jack Szostak started his first lab as a "freshly minted assistant professor" working in DNA recombination and repair reactions.
Lunch with a Laureate: Robert Horvitz
Lunch with a Laureate: Robert Horvitz
As an undergraduate at MIT, Robert Horvitz did not take a biology course until his senior year.
Lunch with a Laureate: Robert Merton
Lunch with a Laureate: Robert Merton
Nobel Prize-winner Robert Merton pushes back against any assumptions that he might be a "renaissance man."
The Universe is a Strange Place
The Universe is a Strange Place
Perhaps the universe is not so much strange as brimming with lovely paradox. The search for such beauty seems to lie at the heart of Frank Wilczek's work.