The Presidential Inauguration of Sally Kornbluth

On Monday, May 1, 2023 the MIT community and delegates from the worldwide academic community joined in a ceremony celebrating the inauguration of Sally Kornbluth as the Institute’s 18th president.

Coverage at MIT News | Inauguration events | On-demand video | Acknowledgments | Office of the President

Podcast: Curiosity Unbounded

• Episode 11 — Get out the vote: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of political science, Ariel White.
• Episode 10 — Making medicine easier to swallow: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of mechanical engineering and gastroenterologist at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Giovanni Traverso.
• Episode 9 — Silk, the fabric of more sustainable agriculture: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Benedetto Marelli.
• Episode 8 — Hard facts on soft skills: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of applied economics, Namrata Kala.
• Episode 7 — Staying radical and relevant: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of architecture and the co-director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, Skylar Tibbits.
• Episode 6 — Healing the ailing heart: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of mechanical engineering and the associate head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Ellen Roche.
• Episode 5 — Beyond words: President Kornbluth interviews professor of literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT, Joshua Bennett.
• Episode 4 — Build your own superpower, then share it with the world: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the Media Lab, Fadel Adib.
• Episode 3 — Decoding the tree of life: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of geobiology, Greg Fournier.
• Episode 2 — Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of political science and faculty co-director of MIT-Africa, Mai Hassan.
• Episode 1 — How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices: President Kornbluth interviews associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Desirée Plata.