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January 29, 2026
Keeril Makan named vice provost for the arts
An acclaimed composer and longtime MIT faculty member, Makan will direct the next act in MIT’s story of artistic leadership.

An acclaimed composer and longtime MIT faculty member, Makan will direct the next act in MIT’s story of artistic leadership.

January 20, 2026
The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music
Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refashion music anew.

Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refashion music anew.

September 2, 2025
Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building
The building gives “MIT musicians the conservatory-level tools they deserve,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

Until very recently, Mariano Salcedo, a fourth-year MIT electronic engineering and computer science student majoring in artificial intelligence and decision-making, was planning to apply for a master’s program in computer science at MIT. 

August 25, 2025
Travels with Rambax
MIT’s Senegalese drumming ensemble ventured to West Africa during IAP to practice the art of sabar.

KAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans into trash bins when they get the summons: “Grab your drums, grab your drums, grab your drums …”