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3 Questions: Daron Acemoglu on the “dangerous...

January 19, 2021

Two stunning events on Jan. 6 — rioters invading the U.S. Capitol, and roughly 140 GOP members of Congress voting not to certify the presidential election results in certain states — have intensified national concern about the future of American democracy. To extend the discussion, MIT News spoke with MIT economist and Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu, who has written extensively about democratic institutions, political dynamics, and the way democracy increases economic growth. Acemoglu’s most recent book, “The Narrow Corridor,”...

Biden taps Eric Lander and Maria Zuber...

January 15, 2021

President-elect Joseph Biden has selected two MIT faculty leaders — Broad Institute Director Eric Lander and Vice President for Research Maria Zuber — for top science and technology posts in his administration. Lander has been named Presidential Science Advisor, a position he will assume soon after Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. He has also been nominated as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a position that requires Senate confirmation. Biden intends to elevate the Presidential...

James DiCarlo named director of the MIT...

January 14, 2021

James DiCarlo, the Peter de Florez Professor of Neuroscience, has been appointed to the role of director of the MIT Quest for Intelligence. MIT Quest was launched in 2018 to discover the basis of natural intelligence, create new foundations for machine intelligence, and deliver new tools and technologies for humanity. As director, DiCarlo will forge new collaborations with researchers within MIT and beyond to accelerate progress in understanding intelligence and developing the next generation of intelligence tools. “We have discovered...

Fiercely supporting student welfare and resilient growth

January 14, 2021

Professors Jesse Kroll and Cathy Drennan are enthusiastic, whether students are sharing exciting early experimental results or raising concerns about public speaking. The two have been honored by a student-driven process as “Committed to Caring” for their dedication to students’ well-being and futures and for their ardent advocacy for student needs. Jesse Kroll: Congenial community Jesse Kroll is an associate professor in MIT’s departments of Chemical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He joined the MIT faculty in 2009 after...

Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune...

January 14, 2021

One reason it’s so difficult to produce effective vaccines against some viruses, including influenza and HIV, is that these viruses mutate very rapidly. This allows them to evade the antibodies generated by a particular vaccine, through a process known as “viral escape.” MIT researchers have now devised a new way to computationally model viral escape, based on models that were originally developed to analyze language. The model can predict which sections of viral surface proteins are more likely to...

Envisioning an equitable, inclusive low-carbon future

January 14, 2021

“Some say working on climate is a marathon, not a sprint, but it’s more an ultramarathon — an endurance sport if ever there was one,” said Kate Gordon, the senior climate policy advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. “And look, women excel at those: We know how to dig in and get stuff done.” Gordon’s remarks in her first-day keynote address set the tone for the ninth annual U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Symposium and Awards,...

Scientists seek insight into Parkinson’s, addiction by...

January 14, 2021

Two MIT neuroscientists have been awarded grants from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation to screen for genes that could help brain cells withstand Parkinson’s disease and to map how gene expression changes in the brain in response to drugs of abuse. Myriam Heiman, an associate professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a core member of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; and Alan...

A new lens on real estate design

January 14, 2021

Natasha Sadikin, a master’s student in the MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE), was fascinated by the relationship between people and spaces long before her career in real estate development. A portrait and nature photographer since high school, Sadikin says her work acts as a mirror to her many interests. “My photography reflects two different sides of me,” she says. “One focuses on the human subject and the intimate, romantic nuances between people, and the other zooms out into the...

Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce...

January 14, 2021

At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine particulates. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are a major source of air pollution and have been associated with asthma, respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disorders. Previous research has shown that the generation of these chemicals due to global aviation results in 16,000 premature deaths each year. Now MIT engineers have come up with a concept for airplane...

Professor Emeritus Peter Eagleson, pioneering hydrologist, dies...

January 13, 2021

MIT Professor Emeritus Peter S. Eagleson, an accomplished and influential hydrologist who helped revolutionize the field, died of natural causes on Jan. 6 at the age of 92. Eagleson started working at MIT in 1952 and served as the head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1970 to 1975. He was a pioneer in the field of hydrology, transforming it from an engineering specialty with local application into the global-scale study of the water cycle. His...

MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund provides financial...

January 13, 2021

In April 2020, the Institute launched the MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund at a time when many MIT community members were beginning to experience sudden and unexpected financial challenges due to Covid-19. The MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund Advisory Committee, consisting of staff, faculty, and senior administrators, was formed to guide the launch, and to provide counsel on policies and procedures. The fund, designed to provide financial assistance in the form of awards that do not need to be...

Bill Aulet named USASBE Entrepreneurship Educator of...

January 13, 2021

The United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) named Bill Aulet its Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year during its 2021 Virtual Conference. Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, a role he has held since 2010, and is also a professor of the practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The USASBE Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year is given to an individual who has provided distinguished leadership over a number...

MIT launches Center for Constructive Communication

January 13, 2021

Today MIT announced the launch of the interdisciplinary Center for Constructive Communication, which will leverage data-driven analytics to better understand current social and mass media ecosystems and design new tools and communication networks capable of bridging social, cultural, and political divides. An important aspect of the new center is its commitment to reach beyond academia to work closely with experienced, locally based organizations and trusted influencers in underserved, marginalized communities across the country. These collaborations will be critical for...

Stars, brains, and enzymes: a celebration of...

January 12, 2021

“Our topic tonight, science and discovery, lives at the heart of MIT.” In his welcoming remarks for the first virtual MIT Better World gathering, W. Eric L. Grimson, MIT chancellor for academic advancement, detailed some of the ways MIT excels as a hub of scientific research and innovation. “Institute researchers are plumbing the secrets of the universe; modeling climate at a local, regional, and global scale; striving to understand how brains and bodies give rise to cognition and mind;...

Professor Antonio Torralba elected 2021 AAAI Fellow

January 12, 2021

Antonio Torralba, faculty head of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and the Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected as a 2021 Fellow by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). AAAI Fellows are selected in recognition of their significant and extended contributions to the field (contributions which typically span a decade or more), including technical results, publications, patent awards,...

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