MIT community in 2020: A year in review
In a year full of challenges, top Institute stories dealt with resilience, innovation, and MIT’s drive to embody its longstanding values in a changing world.
In a year full of challenges, top Institute stories dealt with resilience, innovation, and MIT’s drive to embody its longstanding values in a changing world.
The year’s popular research stories include astronomical firsts, scientific breakthroughs, and engineering milestones addressing Covid-19 and other global problems.
Visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space will lead the Institute’s world-renowned research center.
In a new book, “Data Action,” Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.
Francesca Macchiavello Cauvi, Alice Ho, Ava Waitz, and Lucio Milanese will pursue master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Study finds China’s industrial-park policy is better for productivity when political connections are not a factor.
Doctoral student ElDante Winston explores the difference between history and memory in Renaissance architecture.
A week of workshops, lab visits, and pairings matched Indigenous delegates with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.
Applications and challenges of sensing technology have been accelerated by Covid-19.
Fabric samples are headed to the International Space Station for resiliency testing; possible applications include cosmic dust detectors or spacesuit smart skins.
Choucri, Drennan, Fisher, Gershenfeld, Li, and Rus are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in global health in Ireland.
Fluorescent imaging technique simultaneously captures different signal types from multiple locations in a live cell.
MIT task force wraps up with a final conference, sounds note of optimism that new ideas, better policies can help sustain good careers.
Technologies like robots and artificial intelligence could partner with humans, not oust them from work, research and business leaders say.