November 21, 2020
Greetings! Here’s a roundup of the latest from the MIT community.
 
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Mini Satellite-Maker
With her students, aerospace engineer Kerri Cahoy is developing small “CubeSats” to monitor weather and search for exoplanets. Throughout her career, she’s been inspired by the creativity and enthusiasm of her students: “That’s the best part of the job.”
Full story via MIT News →
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Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
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Versatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties
The subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades.
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Xzavier Herbert, a bright star in space math
Math student pursues research at NASA studying con­nections between clas­sical information theory and quantum informa­tion theory.
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Teaching lab steps up during pandemic
CMS Professor Justin Reich, colleagues help guide schools in remote learning.
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Commercializing next-generation nuclear energy technology
Oklo’s team is using a startup mindset to build novel reactors while meeting federal regulations.
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In the Media
Lessons from a study of the digital economy // The New York Times
Three years after President L. Rafael Reif delivered an “intellectual call to arms” to examine the impact of technology on jobs, the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future has published its final set of recommendations.
Full story via The New York Times→
These masks change color when you’re wearing them correctly // Fast Company
A mask developed by researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital is embedded with sensors that change colors when it is properly positioned.
Full story via Fast Company→
Five things we know about climate change and hurricanes // The New York Times
Professor Kerry Emanuel discusses the impact of climate change on hurricanes. “Potential intensity is going up,” he says, adding that “even if storms themselves weren’t changing, the storm surge is riding on an elevated sea level.”
Full story via The New York Times→
Opinion: A renewed focus on the practice of teaching // Inside Higher Ed
Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning Shigeru Miyagawa and instructor Meghan Perdue explore how the transition to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic “may lead to a fundamental change in the way we approach education.”
Full story via Inside Higher Ed→
Stay Safe, MIT
For those traveling for the holidays, MIT Medical is providing advice for staying safe amid rising Covid-19 cases around the nation. Travel by air, train, or bus involves a high potential for close contact with others and the risk of contracting Covid-19. To avoid spreading the virus to others, MIT Medical recommends that all travelers quarantine for a full 14 days upon arrival at their destination. A new post provides tips for how to spend those two weeks so close to your loved ones, yet so far away. Graph (above) of reported U.S. Covid-19 cases via the CDC.
Learn more via MIT Medical→
Remember This
This summer, MIT Technology Review launched In Machines We Trust, a new podcast focused on automation. In its latest episodes, Editor-in-Chief Gideon Lichfield sat down with Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer and Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal to discuss misinformation and the challenges of combating false and harmful content on social media platforms used by billions around the world.

Episode 1 with Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer →

Episode 2 with Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal →
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I know that many members of the MIT community have aspirations for how the Institute should organize itself to address climate change. And I am also aware of a degree of tension between different groups, as to the best emphasis and the best approach. I hope that we can explore these tensions respectfully and use this moment, together, for the intense and urgent planning and collaboration that this immense challenge requires – because I have no doubt that we are united in our goal and that reaching it will require all of our strength, working together.
—MIT President L. Rafael Reif, in remarks at yesterday’s virtual Climate Action Symposium on policies to fight climate change
Full remarks via the Office of the President→
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