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For generations, dissertation defenses have been crowning moments for PhD candidates. Now, with the pandemic limiting activity on the MIT campus from mid-March onward, moving dissertation defenses to Zoom has been a necessary adjustment.

Inside the new world of online dissertation defenses

Emojis, grandmas logging in, and kudos from strangers: How MIT students have finished their PhDs during the pandemic.

May 22, 2020

Using a novel methodology, MITEI researcher Joanna Moody and Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao uncovered patterns in the development trends and transportation policies of China’s 287 cities — including Fengcheng, shown here — that may help decision-makers learn from one another.

Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities

A new framework for learning from each other.

May 21, 2020

Nature-inspired CRISPR enzymes for expansive genome editing

Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences.

May 19, 2020

Canan Dagdeviren, an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab, has implemented lean management principles in her cleanroom lab space, also called “YellowBox.”

“Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp down

MIT lab offers a model for cost savings, productivity, and safety; principles may also facilitate efficient reopening in the future.

May 14, 2020

In the lower left corner of this photograph, researchers prepare a submersible device. “Together with our collaborators in the Maldives, we are designing, testing, building, and deploying submersible devices that, based simply on their geometry in relationship to the ocean waves and currents, promote sand accumulation in specific areas,” says associate professor Skylar Tibbits.

3 Questions: Harnessing wave power to rebuild islands

In the Maldives, an MIT team is conducting experiments to combat sea-level rise by redirecting natural sand movement.

May 11, 2020

Design that makes a difference

Fusing art, science, and product design, senior Jierui Fang has followed — and sometimes created — her own path at MIT.

May 6, 2020

Designing for place and space

Associate professor of architecture Rafi Segal creates projects meant to enhance a sense of community.

April 26, 2020

“We can have any commercially available electronic parts embedded within the textiles that we wear every day, creating conformable garments,” says Canan Dagdeviren, the LG Electronics Career Development Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT.

Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs

Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.

April 23, 2020

Shuguang Zhang, a scientist in MIT’s Media Lab, has been developing antibody-like proteins that can fuse to cytokine receptors and potentially block a “cytokine storm,” which is an excessive immune response that can occur during viral infections. This rendering depicts the secretion of cytokines, the tiny pink bits, from a cell.

Proteins may halt the severe cytokine storms seen in Covid-19 patients

Team designs antibody-like receptor proteins that can bind to cytokines, as possible strategy for treating coronavirus and other infections.

April 16, 2020

(Left–right) Top row: Pelkins Ajanoh, Aurel Nagy, Mohamed Ismail. Middle row: Pooja Reddy, Connie Liu. Bottom row: Jason Wang, Riana Shah, Anthony Tabet, Jin Park, Sanath Devalpurkar.

Ten from MIT awarded 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

The $90,000 merit-based fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.

April 14, 2020

Assistant Professor Catherine D’Ignazio uses data and computational techniques to work toward gender and racial equity. MIT News spoke with her about the current boom in Covid-19 data visualizations, and how data visualizers can help us make sense of the pandemic’s uncertain numbers.

3 Questions: Catherine D’Ignazio on visualizing Covid-19 data

“Data scientists and visualization designers need to take their civic role very seriously in a pandemic,” says the MIT assistant professor.

April 13, 2020

Safe Paths: A privacy-first approach to contact tracing

A multinational team develops new tools to slow the spread of pandemics.

April 10, 2020

A new system relies on short-range Bluetooth signals emitted from people’s smartphones to trace who they've been in contact with. These signals represent random strings of numbers, likened to “chirps” that other nearby smartphones can remember hearing, offering a way to find people who may have been in contact with people who have tested positive for Covid-19.

Bluetooth signals from your smartphone could automate Covid-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy

A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person.

April 8, 2020

A mural of hopes and questions about artificial intelligence from a middle school workshop

Learning about artificial intelligence: A hub of MIT resources for K-12 students

New website offers a combination of learning units, hands-on activities, and mentor guides to foster AI literacy.

April 7, 2020

Census Day is April 1, but the government strongly encourages online responses, which can be submitted until Aug. 14 under a revised schedule.

The 2020 U.S. census: Time to make it count

Amid disruptions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, the MIT community has an important role to play in the 2020 census.

March 31, 2020

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