1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (514+ words) Showing up in the everyday moments Students say one of Eilers’ defining qualities is her consistency. No matter how busy her schedule, they know they can count on thoughtful feedback, productive meetings, and regular conversations about both research and broader…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (706+ words) Joining Howland on the paper are first author Liying Qiu, a former MIT postdoc; Rahman Khorramfar and Shen Wang, current postdocs at MIT; and Saurabh Amin, MIT’s Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering. A better way to think about…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (478+ words) In this interview, Pataranutaporn, who is the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation CD Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, explains what they found, why the stakes are higher than most users realize, and what genuinely transparent AI might look like in the…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (763+ words) In southwestern Bangladesh, where extreme heat and severe tropical cyclones threaten the lives of millions of people, a new kind of climate refuge has opened its doors. At the Baradal Aftab Uddin Collegiate School in the Satkhira district, the Jameel…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (658+ words) On a Wednesday afternoon in April, a cohort of scholars from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) gathered in MIT’s Lewis Music Library. This group of seven professors are the inaugural SHASS Faculty Fellows, a semester-long program…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (569+ words) In the early months of a PhD program, everything can feel urgent. Ideas move quickly, expectations feel high, and timelines, especially initial deadlines, may become heavy. In those moments, Professor Anantha P. Chandrakasan is there for his students, armed with steady…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (524+ words) Could the precise architectural form of your residence influence how much you participate in politics? A new study by MIT scholars finds this to be exactly the case — at least in Accra, Ghana, where many people live in semi-communal structures…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (633+ words) “Massachusetts can absolutely lead in this next wave,” says President Kornbluth, noting that the future is bright with burgeoning opportunities to advance technologies in fields from manufacturing, life and health sciences to quantum technologies and energy in service of Americans…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (756+ words) In the small coastal town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the port is the backbone of the community. “The port is central to my hometown’s economy,” Mitchell says. “Having family in the industry gave me visibility into the complexity and…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (244+ words) Since 2021, the MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship has supported local and regional journalists in reporting high-impact news stories that connect climate change with local priorities. Now, the MIT Climate Project has published a report on the reach and impact of…...