The official Twitter account of the @MIT Vice President for Communications. The position is currently held by Alfred Ironside.
Joined August 2022
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Jun 3
Curiosity lights the trail to discovery. At MIT, people are pursuing big questions every day. And they’re finding their way to big breakthroughs.
Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
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8 Sep 2025
In the 1950s, a superpower competition spurred our country to invest billions in science and become the world’s leader in scientific exploration. Today it’s gutting research. This piece argues we must stop the “duck & cover” and love American science leadership again.
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21 May 2025
Helpful quick summary of what’s at stake for American scientific leadership if government has its way. insidehighered.com/opinion/v…
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6 May 2025
Terrific analysis by MIT’s most recent past president about the importance of investing in science, especially in a time of global competition for tech leadership. foreignaffairs.com/united-st…
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30 Apr 2025
One of the best short summaries I’ve seen of what’s at stake for America in the battle for the future of higher ed. youtu.be/0Qk4FBS73Ts?si=qEt2…
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14 Oct 2024
Fantastic news! MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson have won the Nobel Prize in economics, for “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. Congratulations! They share the prize with James Robinson of the University of Chicago.
14 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
#NobelPrize
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14 Oct 2024
Congratulations to all three professors for their commitment to rigorous, long-term research that demonstrates the value of institutions that put people first.
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6 May 2024
At this hour public protests continue on and around Massachusetts Avenue. MIT and Cambridge police officers are present with additional support from other local law enforcement. (1/2)
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6 May 2024
Despite misinformation circulating online, as of 5:00 PM, there have been no arrests made by MIT Police on campus today. (2/2)
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21 Mar 2024
Another example of MIT delivering on climate: Very cool advancements at the “nanoscale” (a billionth of a meter) could soon result in far more energy-efficient computer processors. mitsha.re/UA4h50QHRE3
ALT Rendering shows several layers, including a metallic block on bottom. Above this block are lattices of layered atoms. Above these lattices, a twist of energy has a two-sided arrow, with the top part emphasized.
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23 Jan 2024
A battery cathode based on organic materials? Oh yes we did … mitsha.re/aOas50Qt9RI
ALT A molecular lattice is on the right, and glowing pink spheres on the left. An arrow leads pink spheres to the lattice.
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12 Dec 2023
We have set the record straight on this repeatedly in the past.
11 Dec 2023
As secretary of state, MIT canceled my campus speech about the CCP because it “risked offending” Chinese students.
Now these schools justify rampant antisemitism because of a "commitment" to free speech?
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27 Jan 2023
1/ Setting the record straight: Pre-vaccine in 2020, when Sec. Pompeo's staff inquired about a speech at MIT, we could not accept to host because of our then policies on Covid – no guests and no gatherings greater than 10 people.
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4 Oct 2023
Excellent news! MIT’s Moungi Bawendi has won a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” Congratulations to Prof. Bawendi for this profound honor. 👏
4 Oct 2023
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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27 Sep 2023
This moment was years in the making, and it's a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone at MIT and elsewhere who contributed to its realization. #ToBennuAndBack mitsha.re/PCbe50PQh8r
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25 Sep 2023
Congratulations to James Fujimoto ’79, SM ’81, PhD ’84; Eric Swanson SM ’84; and David Huang PhD ’93 for this incredible achievement! mitsha.re/sS5L50PPiSi
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15 Sep 2023
I’m looking forward to it!
We're three days away! Register for Solve Challenge Finals 2023 livestream today tinyurl.com/6r9je8mr
@CCDHate President, @Imi_Ahmed
@MIT VP Communications, Alfred Ironside
Impact Artist, @MarcoSantiniArt
Secretary-General @CIVICUS, @LysaJohnSA
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16 Aug 2023
Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, this device could be the future of cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. mitsha.re/re3t50PA71h
ALT A streak of blue lightning, representing energy, spreads horizontally across a textured cement surface.
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20 Jul 2023
Qubits for all! @MITLL is making quantum research accessible to a broader community through its Superconducting Qubits at Lincoln Laboratory (SQUILL) Foundry. mitsha.re/zlwI50PhuSb
ALT A close-up shot of a superconducting qubit wafer, showing microfabricated circuits.
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