Lessons from teaching about the pandemic in real-time
Covid-19 class taps experts to help students and the public avoid misinformation as the crisis evolves.
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Does correcting online falsehoods make matters worse?
Yes, in some ways. A new study shows Twitter users post even more misinformation after other users correct them.
Improving the way videos are organized
Netra, co-founded by Shashi Kant SM ’06, uses artificial intelligence to help companies sort and manage video content.
3 Questions: President Reif on the search for MIT’s next chancellor
MIT President L. Rafael Reif describes his search for Chancellor Barnhart’s successor.
Market report: Rising stock wealth does boost spending, employment
Study brings new data to a longstanding question, with findings policymakers can apply.
Study reveals mixed reactions about Covid-19 health disparities
Different social and racial groups have varying views of the problem’s urgency.
Letter from President Reif: India, Covid, and our global community
MIT’s president writes to the community in the wake of new pandemic suffering unfolding in India, and increasingly across South Asia.
Toward deep-learning models that can reason about code more like humans
Researchers propose a method for finding and fixing weaknesses in automated programming tools.
“Timber Wars” from Oregon Public Broadcasting wins McElheny Award for local science reporting
Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT also recognizes reporting from The Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, The Arizona Republic, and Boston’s WBUR.
What has the pandemic revealed about the US health care system — and what needs to change?
Seven MIT researchers see lessons and opportunities for US health care.
3 Questions: Emma Teng on anti-Asian American violence in the US
MIT historian, and scholar of assimilation and exclusion, surveys the deeper history behind the current crisis.
3 Questions: Defining the Institute’s values
Daniel Hastings and Tracy Gabridge share their experiences as co-chairs of MIT’s Values Statement Committee.
Why we need a more precise understanding of vaccine hesitation
In a Q&A, Charles Senteio discusses Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans and the “tsunami of inequity” accelerated by the pandemic.
MIT graduate engineering, business, economics programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2022
Graduate engineering and economics programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.