MIT News Newsletter

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
August 16, 2017
MIT News: around campus
A weekly digest of the Institute’s community news

Letter to the community regarding the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia

Krystyn Van Vliet named associate provost

Engineer brings active interest in innovation to new role.

Q&A: Richard Binzel on tips for observing the 2017 solar eclipse

Whether you'll be in the path of totality on Aug. 21 or anywhere else in North America, you should be able to view the eclipse.

MIT hosts STEM boot camp for veteran students

Warrior-Scholar Project helps vets transition to college with intensive summer program.

Open-source entrepreneurship

New project-based course lets undergrads lead the development of open-source software.

In the Media

Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the School of Engineering, speaks with Meera Vankipuram of The Times of India about his research, his areas of focus as dean and what sets MIT apart. Chandrakasan explains that at MIT, there is an “emphasis on translating research into solutions that have a positive impact on the world.”

CNN Greece highlights the "Maker Summer School," a weeklong workshop for unaccompanied refugees in Athens developed by researchers from the MIT D-Lab. The article, which is in Greek, explores how participants spent six days learning the design process by making real products they can use in their daily lives.

Metropolis selected Boston as one of the best design cities in the world, highlighting MIT's School of Architecture and Planning and the Fab Lab as key drivers of the city’s success. “Here in Boston our biotech and high-tech industries are offering designers incredible opportunities to express their creativity,” says Hashim Sarkis, dean of SA+P. “It’s a place where design is being pushed to new frontiers.”