MIT a cappella group sings through quarantine together
Syncopasian, MIT's premier East Asian a cappella group, produced a Zoom-themed video to keep music alive during quarantine.
Inside the new world of online dissertation defenses
Emojis, grandmas logging in, and kudos from strangers: How MIT students have finished their PhDs during the pandemic.
Making hand sanitizer for front-line campus workers
MIT Environment, Health and Safety Office responds to national shortage by producing, testing, and distributing its own product for the MIT community.
Art connects a community in quarantine
Tunnel66 reimagines The Borderline Mural Project, providing a virtual space where students can create art together, even while physically apart.
In light of the pandemic, a virtual Campus Preview Weekend
With just weeks to change course, the MIT community came together to create a virtual version of MIT’s iconic weekend for admitted students.
Rockin’ the Zoom room
The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center finds camaraderie at a colleague’s virtual rock concert.
MIT’s second virtual town hall addresses the months ahead
Decisions on when to return to campus await more information but may involve a phased process and continued precautions.
“If we cannot go out, we can always go in”
Venerable Miao Guang urges mindfulness in a time of pandemic during a virtual meeting hosted by MIT Global Languages.
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3 Questions: Kyle Filipe on moving MIT online amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Director of IT support services for MIT Information Systems and Technology describes how his unit mobilized to prepare the MIT community for our new virtual landscape.
Weekly calls keep students connected to the Institute during a pandemic
Through the MIT Student Success Coaching program, volunteer faculty and staff check in with students to assist with whatever “bubbles up.”
Life and learning find a way during a pandemic
Despite Covid-19 physical distancing, the Department of Biology has come together while being apart.
Covid-19 calls MIT physician-scientist to front-line respiratory care
Neurologist and researcher Diane Chan pitches in to help New England get through tough times.