MIT News Newsletter

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
November 16, 2016
MIT News: around campus
A weekly digest of the Institute’s community news

My Sister's Keeper builds community for black women students at MIT

New organization aims to increase connections, mentoring, and success.

Tackling society’s big problems with systems theory

Ali Jadbabaie seeks to optimize large-scale systems, from social networks to teams of people or devices.

Seeking to inform India’s climate policy choices

Tata Center graduate fellow Arun Singh shares energy-economic modeling research at UN Climate Change Conference.

Scene at MIT: Election reflection

Senior House turns 100

Birthday party builds community, celebrates culture.

D. Reid Weedon, MIT Corporation member and dedicated fundraiser, dies at 96

Class of 1941 alumnus was instrumental in “building a culture of giving at MIT.”

In the Media

Boston Globe reporter Tim Logan writes that federal officials announced the initial section of MIT to redevelop the Volpe Transportation Center in Kendall Square. “They understand how to work in Cambridge,” says Greg Vasil of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board of MIT’s long history in the area. “With something this big and intricate, that can really pay off.”

In this segment, Prof. Eric Klopfer works with Good Morning America to test the effectiveness of parental control software. After a group of children testing the software access a blocked site, Klopfer notes that if one child figures out how to bypass parental controls, “all their friends are going to find out as well.”

Over 1,500 Fulbright recipients, including a number of MIT fellows, penned a letter in The Huffington Post about the U.S. election. The authors “stand for the tradition of tolerance, free expression, and inclusivity that has made the United States a beacon of hope.”