| Creativity With AI | | | | | | A new system makes models like DALL-E 2 — an AI-based image generator — more creative. Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed the new method, which uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding. |
| What you need to know about the updated Covid-19 booster vaccines MIT Medical provides answers to frequently asked questions about the new bivalent Covid booster shots. |  |
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| MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022-23 Undergraduate engineering and computer science programs are No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2. |  |
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| Studies of autism tend to exclude women, researchers find A commonly used screening test creates a gender gap that may hinder diagnosis and treatment for women and girls. |  |
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| MIT accelerates efforts on path to carbon reduction goals The “Fast Forward” climate action plan laid out ambitious commitments. Now comes the harder part: making them happen. |  |
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| Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests. |  |
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| You’ll need to solve Puerto Rico’s debt crisis to win this new board game // Popular Science Lecturer Mikael Jakobsson, visiting artist Rosa Colón Guerra, and graduate student Aziria Rodríguez Arce created a board game, called “Promesa,” that reflects the reality of Puerto Rico’s history and people. “To win, you must settle Puerto Rico’s bills and build up the country’s infrastructure, education, and social services.” |
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| Covid-19 illnesses are keeping at least 500,000 workers out of U.S. labor force, study says // The Wall Street Journal A study co-authored by graduate student Evan J. Soltas finds that illness caused by Covid-19 shrank the U.S. labor force by around 500,000 people. “If we stay where we are with Covid infection rates going forward, we expect that 500,000-person loss to persist until either exposure goes down or severity goes down,” says Soltas. |
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| They’re locked up in D.C. — and learning how to code from MIT // The Washington Post The MIT Educational Justice Initiative developed a 12-week program called Brave Behind Bars that teaches inmates “basic coding languages such as JavaScript and HTML in hopes of opening the door for detainees to one day pursue high-paying jobs.” Amy Lopez, deputy director of college and career readiness for the D.C. Department of Corrections, says of the program that “the level of 21st century technology skills they just learned, I can’t do those things. They are transferrable, employable skills.” |
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| Opinion: How leaders can create a cybersecure workplace culture // The Wall Street Journal Professor Emeritus Stuart Madnick and Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan Executive Director Keri Pearlson underscore seven actions that leaders can take to ensure employees contribute to maintaining a secure organization. “Technology can help, but it can only do so much,” they write. “Just as important is a culture where all employees fill in the gaps — by noticing anomalies, questioning things that might look legitimate but are slightly off in some way, or stopping compromised processes that would otherwise proceed.” |
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| | | “Spider Swing” is the first movement of MIT composer Elena Ruehr’s Eighth String Quartet, entitled “Insect Dances.” In it, Spider plans a party, with much advice from Dragonfly, and a little encouragement from Grasshopper. This video — including character design, backgrounds, storyboarding and animation — was created and produced by MIT UROP students, beginning with Aria Kydd and Skylar Larsen, then expanding to include Tolu Akinbo, Aimee Liu, Rachel J Park, Hanna Park, Awen Gronda, and Michelle Escobar. |
| | | This year marks the 11th year of delta v, the capstone entrepreneurial experience for students at MIT. A new analysis of the previous 10 cohorts showed 181 startup teams have come through the accelerator and raised more than $1 billion. Of those startups, 61% are still operating today or have been acquired. “It’s really important to solve the world’s greatest challenges, that we not just come up with new ideas,” says Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, seen here (far right on stage) at Demo Day earlier this month. “We don’t just have breakthroughs, but we bring them to market and apply them in the real world to solve problems.” |
| | | The MIT Alumni Association recently asked some alumni to finish the phrase “When I wasn’t in class at MIT, you could find me...” From spending time with friends to doing field work, the answers reflect the diversity of MIT students. The responses include revered spots on campus like the Muddy (a.k.a. Muddy Charles Pub), the MIT Lab for Chocolate Science, and the MIT Glass Lab. Many alumni also named spots near campus, like sailing on the Charles or spending time in downtown Boston. |
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