School of Science welcomes new faculty
Twelve professors begin in the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
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Climate and sustainability classes expand at MIT
MIT offers over 120 undergraduate classes related to sustainability, a sign of growing student and faculty interest in the environmental impacts of their fields.
MIT-Japan Program establishes the Patricia Gercik Memorial Fund
The endowed fund will provide financial support for student internships in Japan.
“AI for Impact” lives up to its name
Entrepreneurship class MAS.664 launches businesses with a global reach.
Katie Galloway receives NIH award to develop foundational tools for cellular engineering
Using a combination of stem cell biology, systems biology, synthetic biology, and chromatin engineering, the Galloway lab will define the molecular regulatory rules of cell-fate transitions.
Elsa Olivetti wins 2021 MIT Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
The School of Engineering recognizes the materials scientist's outstanding contributions to education.
Mehrdad Jazayeri wants to know how our brains model the external world
Neuroscientist’s studies help reveal how the brain keeps time, makes decisions, and evaluates other people’s actions.
Considering the spiderweb
After nearly a decade, an interdisciplinary collaboration to model a 3D spider web leads to many surprising results.
Bio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.
Finding common ground in Malden
Using an untapped resource, the Malden River Project is boosting social resilience along with climate mitigation in the gateway city of Malden, Massachusetts.
Knight Science Journalism Program announces 2021-22 fellows
Twenty-one distinguished journalists will probe issues ranging from environmental justice and maternal health to threatened grasslands and endangered megafauna.
Making voting easier for previously incarcerated people
People rarely vote after being incarcerated. Associate Professor Ariel White wonders what can be done about it.
Teenage MIT ninja students
Computer science and engineering majors Guang Cui and Daniel Sun are best friends — and now, alumni of the TV competition “American Ninja Warrior.”
Jing Wang, professor of Chinese media and cultural studies, dies at 71
Wang, who founded the China-based media activism nonprofit NGO2.0, taught at MIT since 2001.
A new approach to preventing human-induced earthquakes
Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration.