MIT News Newsletter

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 31, 2018
MIT News: around campus
A weekly digest of the Institute’s community news

Jason Martins named 2018 Gates Cambridge Scholar

MSCEP student will pursue an advanced degree in engineering at Cambridge University in the U.K.

Featured video: Engineering joy

Graduating senior Izzy Lloyd tells us about her day — and the story of a rich, multifaceted career at MIT.

Irving London, founding director of Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, dies at 99

Longtime biology professor and expert in hemoglobin synthesis was committed to the integration of biomedical research, education, and medical practice.

Work of the future and the future of work for women in political science

Ford Professor Kathleen Thelen addresses challenges of the “gig economy” and gender equity issues in her field.

GAIN program to connect community college students to career opportunities

Jaramillo lab launches a summer program to broaden the horizons of local students interested in materials science and engineering.

OpenCourseWare opens up a whole new career

With self-directed learning, Trent Parker designs his own professional pathway.

In the Media

Forbes contributor Frederick Daso describes how two female MBA students at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Preeti Sampat and Jaida Yang, started their own venture capital firm in an effort to, “bridge the geographical and diversity gaps in the current early-stage investing ecosystem.”

In an article for The Wall Street Journal, Prof. Stuart Madnick writes about how companies can reduce their risk of cyberattacks by improving cybersecurity training and education among employees. “It’s crucial that support and enthusiasm for increasing cybersafety be visible at every level of the organization, from top executives and middle management to the individual,” explains Madnick.

CNN’s Sophie Tatum reports that six scientists from the U.S., including a senior research scientist with MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, will join France’s new climate change initiative. The effort, notes Tatum, is meant to offer the international scientific community a chance to, “increase its efforts in battling climate change.”