Professor Daniela Rus named to White House science council
CSAIL director and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing deputy dean of research will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
3 Questions: Charles Stewart on the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the 2020 elections
Head of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab discusses the greatest risks, voting by mail, zombies, and asteroids.
3 Questions: Greg Britten on how marine life can recover by 2050
Committing to aggressive conservation efforts could rebuild ocean habitats and species populations in a few decades.
The data speak: Stronger pandemic response yields better economic recovery
Study of 1918 flu pandemic shows U.S. cities that responded more aggressively in health terms also had better economic rebounds.
The 2020 U.S. census: Time to make it count
Amid disruptions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, the MIT community has an important role to play in the 2020 census.
3 Questions: Jonathan Parker on building an economic recovery
MIT professor evaluates the effect of government stimulus on the crisis-hit U.S. economy.
MIT joins White House supercomputing effort to speed up search for Covid-19 solutions
Consortium includes industry, government, and academic institutions.
President Reif testifies before Congress on U.S. competitiveness
“To stay ahead, the U.S. needs to do more to capitalize on our own strengths,” he tells representatives.
How door-to-door canvassing slowed an epidemic
Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities.
From culinary arts to nuclear engineering
Ciara Sivels ’13 takes unusual path to a research career in nuclear engineering for national security.
Aron Bernstein, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Bernstein was a member of the Hadronic Physics Group in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, and a longtime anti-nuclear weapons activist.
Study: State-level adoption of renewable energy standards saves money and lives
MIT researchers review renewable energy and carbon pricing policies as states consider repealing or relaxing renewable portfolio standards.
Study uses physics to explain democratic elections
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences.
3 Questions: Maria Zuber on guidance for foreign nationals following recent Homeland Security memo
Vice president for research clarifies the memo’s intention and provides guidance.
Tracking emissions in China
Evaluating a 2014 policy change yields some good news and some concerns.