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MIT Haystack scientists prepare a constellation of instruments to observe the solar eclipse’s effects - MIT - Community (Apr 04, 2024) |
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Apr 04, 2024 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Getfit, Health’s winter exercise challenge, turns 20 in 2024 - MIT - Community (Jan 19, 2024) |
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Jan 19, 2024 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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3 Questions: International collaborations in a shifting geopolitical climate - MIT - Community (Jul 05, 2023) |
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Jul 05, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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After Amazon, an ambition to accelerate American manufacturing - MIT - Community (May 05, 2023) |
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May 05, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Festival of Learning 2023 underscores importance of well-designed learning environments - MIT - Community (Mar 27, 2023) |
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Mar 27, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Scene at MIT: A lively Winter Family Day - MIT - Community (Mar 14, 2023) |
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Mar 14, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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3 Questions: What to expect from respiratory illnesses, including Covid-19, this winter - MIT - Community (Jan 13, 2023) |
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Jan 13, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Scene at MIT: The community gathers for Winterfest - MIT - Community (Dec 09, 2022) |
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Dec 09, 2022 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Fostering an enriching and compassionate research environment - MIT - Community (Mar 02, 2022) |
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Mar 02, 2022 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Scene at MIT: Serene summer sunset on the Charles - MIT - Community (Aug 27, 2021) |
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Aug 27, 2021 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Featured video: Covid-19 vaccines arrive at MIT - MIT - Community (Jan 10, 2021) |
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Jan 10, 2021 · At the end of December, MIT received its first shipment of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Almost immediately, MIT Medical began immunizing its clinicians, front-desk staff, medical housekeepers, and other staff members who interact with patients, such as the campus testing and tracing team.
Before the end of 2020, MIT Medical had provided a first dose of vaccine to every at-risk staff member who requested one. The first person to be vaccinated was Lead Medical Housekeeper Fatima Rosario, who has led the effort to keep MIT Medical’s facilities sanitized and safe for patients and staff.
The vaccines are being distributed according to prioritization established by state and ... Read more ...
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MIT Society of Women Engineers’ journey into virtual connection - MIT - Community (Jan 04, 2021) |
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Jan 04, 2021 · When the student body was sent home last March in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE), one of the largest student organizations on campus with over 400 undergraduate and graduate student members, faced its biggest challenge yet - transitioning nearly 70 in-person programming events to an entirely virtual experience.
The group worked tirelessly throughout the summer - when most MIT clubs and organizations were not in session - on ways to adapt and run all of their customary SWE events without jeopardizing the quality of the organization or scrapping programs completely. Members of the group discovered innovative ways to adjust and adapt ... Read more ...
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community in 2020: A year in review - MIT - Community (Dec 22, 2020) |
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Dec 22, 2020 · We’ve reached a reflective time in an especially reflective year for the MIT community. The challenges of 2020 have been unique, shaped in countless ways by the Covid-19 pandemic, renewed calls for social justice, an unprecedented election cycle, and more. Here are some of the top stories in the MIT community this year.
Adapting to Covid-19
Like everyone else, the Institute was forced to reckon with the Covid-19 pandemic - though it accomplished this with a distinctive MIT flair that included high-impact Covid-19 research; faculty creating new modes of teaching; heroic efforts from MIT Medical, including the development of unique testing facilities; the virtualization of ... Read more ...
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Weathering the storm - MIT - Community (Dec 15, 2020) |
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Dec 15, 2020 · Professors Colette Heald and Gene-Wei Li have been honored as “Committed to Caring” for crafting inclusive laboratory environments, as well as continually empowering their students. A hurdle like the Covid-19 pandemic can easily throw student well-being and research off-kilter. Having such caring advisors can help students persevere amid uncertainty.
Colette Heald: an inspirational advocate
Colette Heald is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as a professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Through her research, Heald investigates global atmospheric composition and chemistry, focusing on how this impacts air quality, ... Read more ...
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Moving forward by moving - MIT - Community (Dec 08, 2020) |
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Dec 08, 2020 · Nine months ago, the MIT gym stood silent. Campus had gone into lockdown and the gym that had been a hub for working off stress between classes, a place where students danced their hearts out to Zumba, now lay empty. Fast forward, and with a new set of stringent safety protocols in place, the workout space and indoor fitness classes recently re-opened to MIT community members with COVID Pass.
Virtual connections
The Covid-19-triggered lockdown has deeply impacted fitness communities everywhere, given that close proximity and breathing under exertion increase the risk of the virus spreading,
The Fitness Team at MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and ... Read more ...
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MIT opens childcare center in Graduate Tower at Site 4 - MIT - Community (Dec 02, 2020) |
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Dec 02, 2020 · On Nov. 9, the Institute welcomed some of its youngest students to the new MIT Technology Childcare Center (TCC) Kendall in the Graduate Tower at Site 4 (Building E37), in accordance with Massachusetts’ Department of Early Education and Care and Department of Public Health regulations and safety protocols. Located at 45 Hayward Street, the approximately 8,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is designed to serve 58 toddler and preschool children. TCC Kendall’s infant classroom will remain in the Koch Biology Building (Building 68).
NADAAA and Perkins+Will designed the new center’s interior with the developmental needs of young children in mind - including vibrantly ... Read more ...
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Expressing our immigration stories - MIT - Community (Nov 30, 2020) |
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Nov 30, 2020 · The first issue of Rooted: A Sense of Belonging pays tribute to individual immigration stories through a collection of art, poems, and photos. Each piece breathes life into raw and personal accounts of adversity, resilience, and pride of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. “Our contributors have poured their dreams, hardships, and success into artistic expression,” says Olivia Yao '20, magazine editor and recent MIT alum. “I encourage everyone to read every single piece in this publication. Embrace their differences. Know that beyond the 25 stories, there are infinitely many more stories to hear.”
Sponsored by MindHandHeart’s Innovation Fund, members of the MIT Asian ... Read more ...
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STEM Week event encourages students to see themselves in science and technology careers - MIT - Community (Nov 17, 2020) |
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Nov 17, 2020 · Covid-19 has given the public a crash course in what it is like to be a medical researcher. The evening news displays graphs and charts describing case counts and statistical data, while the status of vaccine trials is front page news. Now, more than ever, the public is seeing how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are rising to the challenge of Covid-19.
It is in this spirit that MIT and the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council encouraged students to “see themselves in STEM” by producing a week of programming aimed at fostering a lifelong love of STEM.
Partnering across the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts STEM Week kicked-off Oct. 19 with ... Read more ...
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Chalk Radio shares MIT’s teaching techniques with the world - MIT - Community (Nov 17, 2020) |
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Nov 17, 2020 · How do you make abstract concepts accessible and tangible in the classroom? What does it take to motivate students to personalize learning? How do you navigate complex conversations, facilitating productive, respectful discussions in a lecture hall, seminar, or remote classroom?
These are the questions Chalk Radio, the MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) podcast, aims to answer. The show highlights some of MIT’s most engaging courses, along with the often-unconventional, always-inspired educators who create and teach them. Each episode features an interview with selected instructors, offering highlights from the subject matter as well as insights into each professor’s approach to ... Read more ...
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High school teams receive 2020-21 Lemelson- InvenTeam Grant for invention projects - MIT - Community (Nov 09, 2020) |
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Nov 09, 2020 · The Lemelson-MIT Program has introduced the 2021 InvenTeams: 13 groups of high school students from across the country who have been selected by a panel of judges to create technological inventions that solve problems stemming from their local communities. Each team has been awarded up to $10,000 in grant funding to build their invention.
The InvenTeam grant encourages young people to investigate problems evident in their own neighborhoods, come together as a team to select one problem that inspires them most, and invent a technological solution to that problem. While the national grants initiative has existed since 2004, the 2021 InvenTeams, in particular, are tasked with ... Read more ...
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MIT celebrates Women's Entrepreneurship Month - MIT - Community (Nov 05, 2020) |
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Nov 05, 2020 · The women’s entrepreneurial experience at MIT started in 1870, when Ellen Henrietta Swallow first set foot on campus as an “experimental student.” Some 30 years later, she became the second president of the MIT Women's Association, organized with her help "to promote greater fellowship among Institute women.” In the years since, the immeasurable contribution of MIT’s women to innovation and entrepreneurship has spanned the globe.
This month, MIT commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first female student at MIT with Women’s Entrepreneurship Month at MIT, a celebration of female entrepreneurs at the Institute.
Organized by MIT Innovation Initiative and MIT Legatum ... Read more ...
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3Q: Update on ’s Task Force 2021 and Beyond - MIT - Community (Oct 30, 2020) |
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Oct 30, 2020 · MIT’s Task Force 2021 and Beyond, charged by President L. Rafael Reif in May and officially launched in July, has been working steadily since the summer to position MIT for a post-Covid future. The 180-member task force is led by Rick Danheiser, chair of the faculty and Arthur C. Cope Professor of Chemistry, and Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning and Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Danheiser and Sarma spoke with MIT News about the task force’s activities to date.
Q: Why is the work of Task Force 2021 and Beyond urgent - especially at a time when MIT is already so busy responding and adjusting to ... Read more ...
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Lincoln Laboratory receives 2020 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for small business partnerships - MIT - Community (Oct 23, 2020) |
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Oct 23, 2020 · This year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) selected MIT Lincoln Laboratory as the recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Research and Development. This annual award recognizes a large federal government prime contractor that excels in partnering with small business subcontractors and suppliers.
Currently, the laboratory works with more than 2,000 small businesses from Massachusetts. Each year, approximately $500 million is awarded to subcontractors for parts and services, with 40-50 percent of that amount going to small businesses for innovative R&D solutions services, component parts for prototypes, and R&D service subcontractors.
“Small businesses ... Read more ...
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A letter to the MIT community on navigating the elections together - MIT - Community (Oct 22, 2020) |
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Oct 22, 2020 · The following letter was sent to the MIT community today by President L. Rafael Reif.
To the members of the MIT community,
Because this year’s elections will have profound consequences, the coming weeks will demand a great deal of us as a people. So I would like to reflect on how I hope we will navigate this time as a community and to offer some practical guidance.
In a most difficult year, this political season adds further uncertainty. Already, feelings are running high. I expect this is true across the country, and it is certainly true at MIT.
But as we approach this moment, I am equally struck by our community’s formidable strength. Seven months ago, we ... Read more ...
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Get Out the Vote Fest attracts 1,000 viewers ahead of November election - MIT - Community (Oct 21, 2020) |
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Oct 21, 2020 · With little more than 20 days leading up to the presidential election, a cohort of MIT student groups came together to organize a voting extravaganza well-suited for physical distancing. Get Out the Vote Fest was a virtual music festival - self-described as a “voter mobilization festival” - featuring headliners like Yo-Yo Ma and Bren Joy, as well as myriad artists across the United States. The event took place on Sunday, Oct. 11, just before MIT observed its first official Indigenous Peoples Day. According to junior Yu Jing Chen, the vice president of the MIT Undergraduate Association (UA) and key coordinator for the event, it all started as a way to encourage and celebrate voting ... Read more ...
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MIT community unites for Beirut explosion relief efforts - MIT - Community (Oct 16, 2020) |
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Oct 16, 2020 · On Aug. 4, the third-largest non-nuclear blast the world has ever seen shook the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The city’s core was wiped out. Beirut was in shambles, leaving 300,000 people homeless in a city that was already struggling economically, politically, and socially - all during a global pandemic.
Thousands of injured people flooded Beirut’s hospitals. Adil, a Lebanese student who was in Boston during the blast, recalled his initial response to the news, “calling my parents to check up on them was my first instinct and every ring waiting for them to answer felt like an eternity, only to find out that my mother had been hurt. My world stopped.”
With hospitals in the ... Read more ...
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MIT Full STEAM Ahead offers scalable, hands-on remote learning for K-12 - MIT - Community (Oct 15, 2020) |
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Oct 15, 2020 · When we picture hands-on learning, usually a computer screen is nowhere in sight. But for the team behind MIT Full STEAM Ahead, “hands-on remote learning” may become the great new frontier for delivering quality K-12 online learning at scale.
Full STEAM Ahead began as an online resource hub to provide robust curated content to K-12 students, teachers, and parents during the first surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, when schools around the world started to shut down in rapid succession. With support from the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) and a monumental effort of coordination, the hub has grown into a vibrant learning community. Six months, 10 custom-created ... Read more ...
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Kofi Blake is bringing people together - MIT - Community (Oct 13, 2020) |
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Oct 13, 2020 · It was the middle of his first night at MIT, but Kofi Blake couldn’t sleep. Instead, he was waiting anxiously outside the door to be let into a residential hall called Chocolate City. The current members were having their house meeting, and it was carrying on for much longer than expected. Blake, then a high school senior visiting for an event called Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering (WISE), could feel his curiosity growing with every minute.
When the doors finally opened, Blake stepped inside to find a room full of students who had been excitedly planning for his arrival. The wait was worth it. The Chocolate City brothers welcomed him with pride, sharing with him ... Read more ...
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3Q: Addressing structural racism in health care as an innovation opportunity - MIT - Community (Oct 09, 2020) |
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Oct 09, 2020 · Far-reaching effects of structural racism can be seen in all facets of American life. This year, as Americans witnessed widespread demonstrations stemming from racial injustice at the hands of officers in law enforcement, a ground swell of conversations about race and pleas for action emerged.
One area in which racism has had significant effects is health care equity, a fact that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In light of current events, members of the MIT community involved in the successful hackathons MIT Covid-19 Challenge and MIT Hacking Medicine sought to explore the role of racism embedded in U.S. health care structures. More specifically, how could they ... Read more ...
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High school students from across the US receive 2020 AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships - MIT - Community (Oct 07, 2020) |
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Oct 07, 2020 · The MIT AgeLab presented the fifth annual OMEGA scholarship awards to five accomplished young adults from California, Massachusetts, and New York. The OMEGA scholarships recognize young people who are leading efforts in their schools and communities to foster intergenerational connections. This year, through the generous sponsorship of Five Star Senior Living, the scholarship expanded beyond the New England area to across the United States, as well as increasing the number of students honored to five and the value of the award given to each honoree to $5,000.
Andrew Barry and Finn Harrington of Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, Benjamin Burns of Winchester ... Read more ...
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Exploring the lives of MIT pioneers through drama - MIT - Community (Oct 06, 2020) |
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Oct 06, 2020 · With the Covid-19 pandemic squelching a lot of typical summer research activities for MIT students in 2020, three undergraduates joined forces for a different kind project: researching and writing a theatrical script about the lives of pioneering MIT students. Sponsored by visiting professor Jeffrey Toney as part of MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), the script was a collaboration between junior Rose Bielak, a physics student; junior Valerie Chen, a political science major; and sophomore Jovita Li, an applied mathematics and economics major.
The undergraduates researched several history-making students from MIT and other institutions, and wound up ... Read more ...
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MIT begins testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19 on campus - MIT - Community (Oct 02, 2020) |
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Oct 02, 2020 · This week, MIT began piloting a wastewater testing program as a new tool to help keep the campus community safe this semester. In a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from seven buildings on campus will be tested each day for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
The project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can be an effective early warning system for Covid-19 outbreaks on campus, and is being evaluated as a complementary tool in the Institute’s response to the pandemic, along with clinical testing, contact tracing, and other measures.
Results of the wastewater testing will be communicated to MIT’s Covid Monitoring Team, a ... Read more ...
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How contact tracing happens at MIT - MIT - Community (Oct 01, 2020) |
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Oct 01, 2020 · Contact tracing is an essential tool for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic: If someone tests positive for the virus, health care workers move quickly to determine who else the infected individual had close contact with, and to set up measures to keep the virus from potentially spreading further. Yet while contact tracing has been a much-repeated phrase during the pandemic, people in the MIT community and beyond may wonder: How does the system actually work on the Institute’s campus?
As it happens, MIT runs its own swift-moving contact tracing program through MIT Medical, the campus’ health center - which delivers test results and exposure information to individuals affected by ... Read more ...
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New website features podcasts from around MIT - MIT - Community (Sep 29, 2020) |
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Sep 29, 2020 · The Office of Open Learning has created MIT Podcasts, an app that gathers all of MIT’s podcasts onto one page, with a list of new episodes updated daily. With some 30 podcasts from over a dozen departments, initiatives, offices, and clubs, the content represents a wide range of interests and expertise from across the MIT community.
Ranging from the MIT News podcast, which features audio articles and explainers on some of its most important and timely pieces, to MIT Sloan Management Review’s sports analysis podcast "Counterpoint," to the "Chalk Radio" podcast from OpenCourseWare featuring interviews with MIT faculty, there’s something for everyone in MIT’s audio ... Read more ...
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MIT and Indigenous Peoples Day - MIT - Community (Sep 25, 2020) |
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Sep 25, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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The meanings of masks - MIT - Community (Sep 24, 2020) |
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Sep 24, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Building 14 courtyard to undergo renovation - MIT - Community (Sep 22, 2020) |
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Sep 22, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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President Reif shares information ahead of National Voter Registration Day - MIT - Community (Sep 21, 2020) |
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Sep 21, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Student leaders and PKG Center team up to encourage civic engagement this November - MIT - Community (Sep 21, 2020) |
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Sep 21, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Teaching mechanical engineering in a pandemic - MIT - Community (Sep 18, 2020) |
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Sep 18, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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