A New Antibiotic | | | Using a machine-learning algorithm, scientists have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. When tested on cultured cells, the drug killed many of the world’s most harmful bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. Full story via MIT News → |
Admiral William McRaven to speak at MIT’s 2020 Commencement Retired Navy four-star admiral and former chancellor of University of Texas system will address the Class of 2020 on May 29. Full story via MIT News → | |
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Esther Duflo to speak at 2020 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony MIT professor and alumna shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, which recognized collaborators’ “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” Full story via MIT News → | |
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How to deflect an asteroid MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid. Full story via MIT News → | |
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Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named Gates Cambridge Scholars | The MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University. Full story via MIT News → | |
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Cryptographic “tag of everything” could protect the supply chain Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting. Full story via MIT News → | |
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Time is still a mystery to “Einstein’s Dreams” author // The New York Times |
| Professor of the practice Alan Lightman discusses what inspired him to pursue his interest in writing, alongside his work as a physicist. “I love physics, but what was even more important to me was leading a creative life,” says Lightman. “And I knew that writers could continue doing their best work later in life.” Full story via The New York Times → |
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“Colored People Time” confronts how blacks navigate race each day // WBUR | A new exhibit at the MIT List Visual Arts Center “turns time on its head.” The show “dives into questions of race, colonization, and reparations,” and also “explores the dailyexperiences of black people.” Full story via WBUR → |
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Disposable smart diaper sends caregiver’s phone a message when a change is needed // The Boston Globe | Developed at MIT, a “small moisture sensor in the diaper contains a radio frequency identification tag, which transmits a radio signal to a nearby receiver when the diaper becomes wet.” Full story via The Boston Globe → |
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Artist Christine Sun Kim on “deaf rage,” the Super Bowl and the power of sound // PRI’s The World Artist Christine Sun Kim, who performed the national anthem in American Sign Language during this year’s Super Bowl, discusses her new exhibit at the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the inspiration for her artwork. Full story via PRI's The World → |
| 15 | Number of student-athletes from MIT Women’s Swimming and Diving who were recently named to the 2020 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team Full story via MIT Athletics → | | | By the time I graduated, I really think I was at my academic peak in terms of being able to handle whatever you threw at me. | | —Jennifer N. Rudd ’68, a founding member of the MIT Black Students’ Union and one of the first two black women to graduate from MIT Learn more via MIT Video Productions → | | Michal De-Medonsa, technical associate and manager of the Jazayeri lab within the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, recently created an intricate wood mosaic for her lab. Since coming to MIT, she says, “I learned that I had access to the Hobby Shop, with a huge array of power tools and software. I began designing my patterns on the computer and used power tools to make the cuts. ... Having lived around the world, and being a descendant of a nomadic people, I don’t consider any one place home, but am inspired by every place I’ve lived. In all of my work, you can see elements of my Jewish heritage, antiquity, the Middle East, Africa, and now MIT.” | |