The MIT spotlights answer the question, "What interesting and wonderful things are happening at MIT?" The spotlight images and headlines change frequently in order to integrate and showcase a multitude of aspects of MIT.

We provide the history of links for reference, but note that some of these pages have changed since they were in the spotlight. We also have a small gallery of MIT homepage images.

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March 2008
73 MIT Nobel Prizes - 73 MIT Nobel Prizes

The Human Factor - The Human Factor: MIT's Campaign for Students

Global MIT - Global MIT: explore MIT's international initiatives

Cancer research - Cancer research: MIT brings together biology and engineering to fight cancer

MITEI links energy science, innovation, and policy - MITEI links energy science, innovation, and policy

Susan Hockfield, 16th President of MIT - Susan Hockfield16th President of MIT

October 2005
MIT takes on the world's energy crisis - MIT takes on the world's energy crisis

MIT takes on the world's energy crisis - MIT takes on the world's energy crisis

L. Rafael Reif named MIT provost - L. Rafael Reif named MIT provost

July 2005
L. Rafael Reif named MIT provost - L. Rafael Reif named MIT provost

June 2005
Contests and competitions - Contests and academic competitions

The Stata Center - Stata Center designed to inspire innovation

May 2005
Uncommon | In common : A Celebration of MIT and the Presidential Inauguration of Susan Hockfield - Uncommon | In common : A Celebration of MIT and the Presidential Inauguration of Susan Hockfield

August 2004
Susan Hockfield is MIT's 16th president - Susan Hockfield is MIT's 16th president

May 2004
Vest to step down - Charles Vest to step downfrom MIT presidency

The Stata Center officially opens May 7 - Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry's visionary complex is designed to stimulate individual and collective innovation.

The Stata Center - Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry's visionary complex is designed to stimulate individual and collective innovation.

April 2004
State of the Institute - President Vest, Provost Brown, and Executive VP Curry will be reporting on the State of the Institute. The entire MIT community is invited.

State of the Institute - President Vest, Provost Brown, and Executive VP Curry will be reporting on the State of the Institute. The entire MIT community is invited.

a glimpse of 2008 - The Admissions Office has released a numerical snapshot of the students who have been offered freshman admission as next fall's Class of 2008.

Abel prize for mathematics - MIT Institute Professor Isadore M. Singer shares the 2004 Abel Prize for the discovery and proof of a theorem that is one of the great landmarks of 20th-century mathematics.

March 2004
MIT curriculum review - A new faculty task force will review MIT's core educational requirements as well as other aspects of the undergraduate experience to better reflect our changing world.

Zerhouni of NIH to give MIT Commencement address - Dr. Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health and an early MRI pioneer, will be the speaker at MIT's 138th Commencement on June 4.

February 2004
White House names President Vest to intelligence commission - Vest has been asked by President Bush to serve as a member of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

January 2004
Search for the 16th MIT President - The presidential search committees welcome ideas and suggestions from all members and friends of the MIT community.

December 2003
Vest to step down from MIT presidency - Charles M. Vest has shaped his 13-year presidency into a campaign of determined advocacy for research, science, and diversity and openness in education and research.

October 2003
OpenCourseWare launches 500 courses - Dubbed the "big bang in the knowledge universe," this educational resource is open to faculty, students, and self-learners around the world.

August 2003
MIT excels in U.S. News & World Report - MIT's School of Engineering is the top-ranked program in engineering nationally, and the Sloan School of Management ranks second in undergraduate business programs.

April 2003
Race as one of many factors - MIT supports the University of Michigan's affirmative action case, and filed an amicus curia brief with the US Supreme Court.

Race as one of many factors - MIT supports the University of Michigan's affirmative action case, and filed an amicus curia brief with the US Supreme Court.