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MIT community in 2023: A year in...

December 21, 2023

The year 2023 saw the turning of a new page for MIT, as the Institute welcomed its 18th president. MIT also saw the opening of new and renovated spaces, launched a new “Dialogues Across Difference” speaker series, and celebrated a Nobel Prize, Turing Award, National Medals of Technology and Science, and many more honors for its distinguished community members. Here are some of the key stories out of MIT this year. Presidential transition In January, the MIT community welcomed...

MIT’s top research stories of 2023

December 21, 2023

It has been another prolific year for MIT’s research community in 2023. As we close out the year, MIT News looks back at some of our most popular stories from the last 12 months. We’ve also rounded up the year’s top MIT community-related stories. Cheaper water desalination: MIT engineers and collaborators developed a desalination system that can produce freshwater that is even cheaper than tap water. The passive, solar-powered device avoids the salt-clogging issues that plague other designs. Why...

Professor Emeritus Frederick Hennie, expert in computation...

December 20, 2023

Frederick C. Hennie III, professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), died on Oct. 23. He was 90 years old. An affiliate of MIT EECS for his entire adult life, Hennie is known for influential early work in the theory of computation, as well as work on algorithms and discrete mathematics. As a longtime executive officer for the department, Hennie’s facility for programming languages and databases and his careful approach to highly complex...

Paul Parravano, longtime liaison to elected leaders...

December 20, 2023

Paul Parravano, who worked for 33 years to build enduring MIT connections with elected officials and the local community, died at his home in Arlington, Massachusetts on Dec. 9. Parravano, who was 71, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer shortly after retiring in January from his full-time work as co-director of MIT’s Office of Government and Community Relations — a role that earned him a reference last year as the “Mayor of MIT.” “‘So, tell me about yourself’ was an...

Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new...

December 20, 2023

Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers showed that these compounds could kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) grown in a lab dish and in two mouse models of MRSA infection. The compounds also show very low toxicity against human cells, making...

A flexible solution to help artists improve...

December 20, 2023

Artists who bring to life heroes and villains in animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique introduced by MIT researchers. Their method generates mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates, which define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move through space. For example, an artist using their tool could choose functions that make the motions of a 3D cat’s tail fit their vision for the “look” of...

MIT’s tiny technologies go to Washington

December 18, 2023

On Nov. 7, a team from the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine at MIT showed a Washington audience several examples of how nanotechnologies developed at the Institute can transform the detection and treatment of cancer and other diseases. The team was one of 40 innovative groups featured at “American Possibilities: A White House Demo Day.” Technology on view spanned energy, artificial intelligence, climate, and health, highlighting advancements that contribute to building a better future for all Americans. Participants included...

Nanoparticle-delivered RNA reduces neuroinflammation in lab tests

December 15, 2023

Some Covid-19 vaccines safely and effectively used lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver messenger RNA to cells. A new MIT study shows that different nanoparticles could be used for a potential Alzheimer’s disease (AD) therapy. In tests in multiple mouse models and with cultured human cells, a newly tailored LNP formulation effectively delivered small interfering RNA (siRNA) to the brain’s microglia immune cells to suppress expression of a protein linked to excessive inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease. In a prior study, the researchers showed that...

Philip Erickson named director of MIT Haystack...

December 15, 2023

Philip J. Erickson has been named the new director of MIT Haystack Observatory, effective Jan. 1, 2024. In leading the radio science observatory in Westford, Massachusetts, Erickson, who is currently Haystack’s associate director, succeeds longtime director Colin J. Lonsdale, who earlier this year shared his intent to step down. Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research, announced Erickson’s appointment today, saying, “Phil is an accomplished radio scientist and ionosphere-magnetosphere researcher with a strong track record of leadership within the...

AI meets climate: MIT Energy and Climate...

December 14, 2023

The MIT Energy and Climate Hack brought together participants from myriad fields and disciplines to develop rapid, innovative solutions to one of the most complex challenges facing society today: the global energy and climate crisis. Hundreds of students from MIT and colleges across the globe convened on MIT’s campus and virtually for this year’s event, which was held Nov. 10-12. Established in 2013, the MIT Energy and Climate Hack has been the launchpad for innovative and sustainable solutions for a...

Hearing Amazônia: MIT musicians in Manaus, Brazil

December 14, 2023

On Dec. 13, the MIT community came together for the premiere of “We Are The Forest,” a documentary by MIT Video Productions that tells the story of the MIT musicians who traveled to the Brazilian Amazon seeking culture and scientific exchange. The film features performances by Djuena Tikuna, Luciana Souza, Anat Cohen, and Evan Ziporyn, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Fred Harris conducts the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Wind Ensemble and Laura Grill Jaye conducts the MIT Vocal Jazz...

2.009 gets “Wild!”

December 14, 2023

Things got “WILD!” in Kresge auditorium on Monday night — that was the theme for this year’s class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) senior capstone course, and it’s also a great word to describe of the energy of the capacity crowd gathered for the course’s annual product prototype launch event. The popular mechanical engineering course, known on campus as “two-double-oh-nine,” is designed to emulate what engineers might experience as part of a design team at a modern product development firm....

LIFT Program helps Cambridge youth become tomorrow’s...

December 14, 2023

On Nov. 29, a team of young adults stood in front of a crowd at The Link coworking space in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and presented their idea for a smart, watch-like device that monitors a user’s vitals for signs of anger and prompts them with guided breathing exercises. The device would also connect via Bluetooth to a virtual reality headset that could lead the user through conflict resolution scenarios. Such high-tech presentations are common in Kendall Square, but...

Three MIT students selected as inaugural MIT-Pillar...

December 13, 2023

MIT-Pillar AI Collective has announced three inaugural fellows for the fall 2023 semester. With support from the program, the graduate students, who are in their final year of a master’s or PhD program, will conduct research in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science with the aim of commercializing their innovations. Launched by MIT’s School of Engineering and Pillar VC in 2022, the MIT-Pillar AI Collective supports faculty, postdocs, and students conducting research on AI, machine...

Angela Belcher delivers 2023 Dresselhaus Lecture on...

December 13, 2023

“How do we get to making nanomaterials that haven’t been evolved before?” asked Angela Belcher at the 2023 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture at MIT on Nov. 20. “We can use elements that biology has already given us.” The combined in-person and virtual audience of over 300 was treated to a light-up, 3D model of M13 bacteriophage, a virus that only infects bacteria, complete with a pull-out strand of DNA. Belcher used the feather-boa-like model to show how her research...

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