MIT-powered climate resilience solution among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant
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Dreaming big in a small country
MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.
Fusor workshop inaugurates nuclear makerspace
Building devices to study fusion at the new (and highly controlled) “MIT Nucleus” makerspace generates enthusiasm — and a purple glow.
Mars 2020: The search for ancient life is on
Researchers in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences will help direct Mars 2020 rover sample acquisition.
MIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
Investments in energy efficiency projects, sustainable design elements essential as campus transforms.
Esther Duflo PhD ’99 to speak at 2020 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony
MIT professor and alumna shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, which recognized collaborators’ “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
Admiral William McRaven to speak at MIT’s 2020 Commencement
Retired Navy four-star admiral and former chancellor of University of Texas system will address the Class of 2020 on May 29.
Cryptographic “tag of everything” could protect the supply chain
Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting.
3 Questions: MIT’s Quality of Life Survey is here
The survey, deployed every four years, is a unique, confidential forum for community input.
Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars
MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
SENSE.nano awards seed grants in optoelectronics, interactive manufacturing
The mission of SENSE.nano is to foster the development and use of novel sensors, sensing systems, and sensing solutions.
MIT researchers identify security vulnerabilities in voting app
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users.
Brainstorming energy-saving hacks on Satori, MIT’s new supercomputer
Three-day hackathon explores methods for making artificial intelligence faster and more sustainable.
Study reveals details of “golf ball asteroid”
A tilted orbit may explain the asteroid Pallas’ highly cratered surface.
Robert Gallager wins 2020 Japan Prize
The EECS emeritus professor is recognized for groundbreaking contributions in information and coding theory.