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“Inflatable Archetypes,” a habitable, pavilion-scale transformable inflatable, was developed by rising juniors Seif Eses, Erica C. Liu, Fiona Libby, Leslie Yan, and Natasha Hirt; Clare Liu ’20; and rising senior Jose Martinez for Jeremy Jih’s 4.022 (Design Techniques and Technologies).

Design in a major key

MIT’s design minor and major programs give rise to polymath students with design skills they can apply to any field.

June 23, 2020

The startup ClosedLoop.ai, co-founded by an MIT alumnus, is using a platform of AI models to help hospitals make predictions based on their patient data.

Bringing the predictive power of artificial intelligence to health care

The startup ClosedLoop has created a platform of predictive models to help organizations improve patient care.

June 18, 2020

A decision-making framework outlines steps for students who plan on making for their MIT-sponsored work while off campus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to being used over the summer from programs like UROP, the framework can be used for maker communities and courses in the fall.

Building a framework for remote making

A decision-making framework and wiki for students developed by MIT Project Manus and MIT Environment, Health and Safety enables safe making from home.

June 17, 2020

Lincoln Laboratory staff estimated demand for personal protective equipment in Massachusetts.

Steady demand for PPE might encourage local businesses to start production

Lincoln Laboratory study estimates daily demand in the millions for masks and gloves over the next 18 months in Massachusetts.

June 16, 2020

“If in the 1980s you asked people what would the [mobility] system look like 20 years in the future, they would say it would probably be the same,” Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao says. “Now, really nobody knows what it will it look like.”

What moves people?

Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral science to urban transportation.

June 15, 2020

Physics graduate student Danielle Frostig awaits the lifting of travel restrictions to mount a astronomical instrument she helped develop on the Magellan Telescope in Las Campanas, Chile.

Capturing stardust

Danielle Frostig, a physics graduate student, is developing an instrument to study how the heaviest elements in the universe are produced.

June 12, 2020

A new study led by an MIT professor shows that areas in the U.S. introducing R&D tax credits experience a 20 percent rise in high-quality new-firm-formation over a 10-year period.

State-level R&D tax credits spur growth of new businesses

Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.

June 12, 2020

The Massachusetts Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) has been aided by a large group of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni as it has helped local manufacturers begin producing personal protective equipment. This photo, from April 13, 2020, shows Gov. Charlie Baker, left, and Brenna Schneider, CEO of 99Degrees, who holds one of the hundreds of thousands of medical isolation gowns her company has...

MIT plays key role in statewide effort to produce PPE

Massachusetts Emergency Response Team helps manufacturers produce personal protective equipment and other medical devices for health care workers.

June 9, 2020

Town halls let students “Solve for Fall”

Student representatives, heads of house, and other MIT leaders came together to answer students’ questions and discuss a safe, gradual return to campus life.

June 3, 2020