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Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.
Vladimir Bulović will be first director of the Institute's new nanoscience and nanotechnology facility.
Materials science and engineering professor is the new co-director of the Innovation Initiative and associate dean of innovation for the School of Engineering.
Alliance will be part of new MIT Intelligence Quest.
Gift will help launch new Institute-wide initiative in human and machine intelligence research.
MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.
President Reif sat down with GeekWire’s Todd Bishop, as part of a Seattle trip to talk with alumni about MIT’s plans for the future of education, research, and innovation. In talking about the work of the future, Reif tells Bishop, “[T]here will be work, it just will look very different from today. And we need to prepare for that transition.”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has selected Associate Prof. J. Phillip Thompson to serve as his deputy mayor, writes Mara Gay for The Wall Street Journal. De Blasio praised Thompson as “one of the foremost experts on how to better serve and lift up low-income neighborhoods.”
Musician Miguel Zenón, who postponed a trip to Puerto Rico with the MIT Jazz Ensemble due to Hurricane Maria, will perform two concerts in the U.S., including one at MIT, to benefit the Puerto Rico Recovery Fund. Writing for The Boston Globe, Jon Garelick notes that both shows will feature a new piece commissioned by MIT, “En Pie De Lucha,” which Zenón translates roughly as “getting back up for battle.”
InsideHigherEd's Scott Jaschik reports that admissions leaders have sought to reassure high school students facing suspension for their activism since last week's deadly shootings in Parkland, Fla. "One of the most detailed statements came from Stu Schmill, dean of admissions and financial services at MIT," writes Jaschik.
New system patches security holes left open by web browsers’ private-browsing functions.
Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons' electrical communications, without electrodes.
Microscopic flaws in material structure can lead to stent deformation after implantation.
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