| Welcome, MIT.nano | | | | | | Officially opening next week, MIT.nano is the largest, most sophisticated, and most accessible nanotechnology facility at any U.S. university. Vice President for Research Maria Zuber calls it “a game-changer for the MIT research enterprise.” Full story via MIT News → |
| John Deutch endows MIT Institute Professorship Honoring MIT and its community, Institute Professor Emeritus John M. Deutch ’61, PhD ’65 has made a generous endowment gift to name an MIT Institute Professorship. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| How Earth sheds heat into space New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Plug-and-play technology automates chemical synthesis System makes it easier to produce new molecules for myriad applications. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| At-cost grocery pilot opens in Walker Memorial 🍉 TechMart store for students, located on the second floor in Rebecca’s Café, was recommended by the Food Insecurity Solutions Working Group. Full story via MIT News → |
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| Students compete in global competition inside a glass cube at MIT // WHDH As part of the InCube entrepreneurial challenge, five MIT students spent four days living and working in a glass cube to develop the ambulance of the future. Full story via WHDH → |
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| Dana-Farber and MIT target pancreatic cancer // Boston Herald A new lab at MIT, led by Prof. Tyler Jacks, will investigate how the immune system can be used to treat and manage pancreatic cancer. Full story via the Boston Herald → |
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| Getting into bed with Skynet // The New York Times A robotic furniture system from MIT spinout Ori, which reconfigures itself with the push of a button or voice commands, could be a solution for those living in small spaces. Full story via The New York Times → |
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| Picking apart fireflies’ glow — for science // STAT Prof. Jing-Ke Weng’s lab at the Whitehead Institute has mapped a firefly genome to understand how the insects evolved to glow. The findings may lead to better tools to study and treat disease. Full story via STAT → |
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Name: Patrick McAtamney
Affiliation: Technical instructor and manager of the Area 51 Student Machine Shop
Hometown: Hampton, New Hampshire
Years at MIT: 17
Most influential teacher: Mr. Martin at Greater Lawrence Technical School
Hobby: Golf. Love it!
Best past Halloween costume: I wrote “GO CEILING” on a T-shirt and went as a ceiling fan
Proud MIT moment: When the MIT Motorsports team cheered Carnegie Mellon after receiving a controversial penalty and dropping from 1st to 4th place
Secret superpower: I can sleep anywhere
Favorite thing about MIT: Working with the students |
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| | | | | Chemical engineering is a field in which you can achieve a huge amount with respect to giving to others and creating solutions [for] the greater world. | | —Paula Hammond, David H. Koch Professor in Engineering and head of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, in a recent podcast on the benefits of chemical engineering and of diversity in STEM Full podcast via the American Institute of Chemical Engineers → |
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