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Buddhist Sister Dang Nghiem addresses an audience at MIT. “You don’t have to become monks and nuns to practice mindfulness, or to practice meditation," she said.

Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem invites MIT community to practice mindfulness

“Look up from your computer. And see the blue sky that brings you joy.”

March 15, 2019

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Research Speed Dating event included a panel discussion with CEE professors on the future of research in infrastructure and environment.

CEE event showcases multidisciplinary opportunities

Ninth annual Research Speed Dating event fosters intradepartmental collaboration and facilitates discussion of future efforts to solve global issues.

March 12, 2019

Singer Renée Fleming delivering the Spring 2019 Compton Lecture at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Opera star Renée Fleming explores music and minds in MIT talk

Compton Lecture delves into the frontiers of exploration linking neuroscience, music, and health.

March 12, 2019

Participants in a Martha's Vineyard net-zero carbon design thinking workshop included MIT Energy Initiative staff; representatives from Martha's Vineyard, Shell, and Viessmann; and students from MIT, Harvard University, and Tufts University.

Students helping to make islands carbon neutral

MIT Energy Initiative program is using design thinking to solve energy issues on Martha’s Vineyard and beyond.

March 8, 2019

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, center, spoke during the Sierra Leone delegation visit on March 7, 2019 at MIT.

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone visits MIT

Public talk outlines ambitious plans to make his nation a hub for technology and innovation.

March 8, 2019

In a network analysis of data tied to Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola virus outbreak, PhD student Marie Charpignon discovered that poor health care access helped to explain why Sierra Leone fared worse than neighboring Guinea or Liberia relative to its population. Here, she explains her results during the Feb. 26-28 MIT Schwarzman College of Computing celebration.

Combining artificial intelligence with their passions

Research projects show creative ways MIT students are connecting computing to other fields.

March 7, 2019

For Li, the study of both literature and physics is based in a deep aesthetic appreciation of the universe and the human condition. “Physics and literature both search for explanations to the universe around us, one through mathematics and experimentation, the other, through words. The fact that there's some fundamental truth that can be explained through human language is incredible to me.”

Spenser’s "Faerie Queene" as a modern visual comic

Junior Ivy Li, a literature and physics major, adapts a legendary work and innovates in an enduring literary tradition.

March 7, 2019

MIT President L. Rafael Reif, kicking off day three of the celebration event, said the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing will train students in an interdisciplinary approach to AI.

Addressing the promises and challenges of AI

Final day of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing celebration explores enthusiasm, caution about AI’s rising prominence in society.

March 1, 2019

Institute Professor Barbara Liskov (right) was one of the academic and industry leaders who participated in Tuesday’s “Perspectives from Luminaries” panel, part of the celebration of the new MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. Professors Stefanie Mueller (left) and Vivienne Sze (center) moderated the panel.

Lighting the path

Luminaries in computing and cognition discuss their journeys and share their insights.

February 28, 2019

Angela Belcher, the James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, has been named the new head of the Department of Biological Engineering, effective July 1, 2019.

Angela Belcher named head of the Department of Biological Engineering

Biomedical engineering and energy expert to succeed Doug Lauffenburger; with her appointment, half of MIT engineering departments will be headed by women.

February 25, 2019

Left to right: Nikhil Agarwal, Daniel Harlow, Andrew Lawrie, and Yufei Zhao are MIT’s 2019 Sloan Research Fellows.

Four from MIT named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

Nikhil Agarwal, Daniel Harlow, Andrew Lawrie, and Yufei Zhao receive early-career fellowships.

February 21, 2019

Dan Huttenlocher named inaugural dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Alumnus and founding dean of Cornell Tech in New York City will return to MIT this summer.

February 21, 2019

Q&A: Why cities aren’t working for the working class

Professor David Autor’s latest research shows how economic polarization stems from urban job loss.

February 20, 2019

The Sidney-Pacific Executive Council and brunch chairs welcome President Reif and Dean Staton in the Sidney-Pacific lobby.

Serving up brunch for the MIT graduate community

President L. Rafael Reif and Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education Blanche Staton help Sidney-Pacific students cook and serve Sunday brunch.

February 19, 2019

Assistant Professor M. Amah Edoh is the 2019 chair of the Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize committee.

Q&A: M. Amah Edoh on the Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize

The award honors writing related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences.

February 12, 2019

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