| MIT to receive $260 million from Lord Foundation of Massachusetts A longstanding supporter of the Institute allows for flexibility in determining how funds will be used. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Using light to generate order in an exotic material Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Tomorrow Time event helps students tackle procrastination Campus-wide resources were stationed in Lobby 13 and satellite locations; students report over 600 goals accomplished. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Historian of the hinterlands In overlooked spots on the map, MIT Professor Kate Brown examines the turbulence of the modern world. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| A neurodiverse workforce At tech startup Ultranauts, co-founded by Art Shectman ’95 and Rajesh Anandan ’95, MEng ’96, 75 percent of employees are on the autism spectrum. Full story via MIT Technology Review → | |
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| The fusion energy dream is inching toward planet-saving reality // The Washington Post “Strategic, innovation-aligned U.S. investment would help ensure that this country becomes the home of a world-changing — and potentially world-saving — technology,” writes Professor Dennis Whyte, director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, about the opportunity for the U.S. to help lead the development of fusion energy. Full story via The Washington Post → |
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| Eating tiny nutrient particles could be better than health supplements // New Scientist MIT researchers have created a technique to fortify foods by encapsulating micronutrients in small protective particles. Full story via New Scientist → |
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| A robot that can grow when it needs some extra reach // TechCrunch MIT researchers have developed a robot with an extendible appendage that grows like a plant. Full story via TechCrunch → |
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| The ghosts of ancient hurricanes live in Caribbean blue holes // National Geographic Graduate student Elizabeth Wallace and her colleagues examined sediment found in blue holes in the Caribbean for clues as to the history of hurricanes in the Bahamas over the past 1,500 years. Full story via National Geographic → |
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| | | The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recently hosted its third Rising Stars Workshop, bringing to campus 20 distinguished early-career women interested in civil and environmental engineering careers. The workshop included research presentations, a mentoring discussion with MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart, four panel discussions on building an academic career, and lots of networking. “Meeting women who are leading some of these fields that are very different from my own has been a really wonderful experience,” said Nicole Jackson, a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “We need more events like this.” Full story via MIT News → |
| | | | | ... I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone wondering how you know you’re meant to be Tim [the Beaver] — the answer is, you’ll feel it deep in your bones. You don’t choose the Suit. The Suit chooses you. | | —Sophomore and admissions blogger Veronica M. on how to be MIT's mascot for a day Learn more via the MIT Admissions blogs → |
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