In the Media

Noubar Afeyan ’87, a member of the MIT Corporation, speaks with NPR’s Joel Rose about the importance of immigrants and the role of immigration in major scientific advances, including the development of two Covid-19 vaccines. "I think of innovation as a form of intellectual immigration," Afeyan said. "You leave your comforts behind you. You face unrecognizable challenges. You take nothing for granted. You don't feel like in your new country people owe you anything."