Q&A: A conversation with Helen Elaine Lee about her novel, “Pomegranate”
The MIT professor’s new book explores the world of a woman set free from prison and redefining herself in society.
If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?
MIT postdoc Ziv Epstein SM ’19, PhD ’23 discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.
3 Questions: Diep Luu on MIT’s new Undergraduate Advising Center
As the inaugural director, Luu envisions the center as a resource that will complement faculty advising and support the “whole student” during their entire undergraduate career.
3Q: Exploring the universe’s “first light”
After the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year in service, astronomers are awash in new observations that illuminate the oldest stars and galaxies.
Q&A: Are far-reaching fires the new normal?
As Canada’s wildfires continue to be felt downwind, MIT experts weigh in on what to expect in the coming months, with wildfire season underway.
Q&A: Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights in the Amazon, and AI
The Brazilian social justice reporter is a fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.
Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
Aeronautics and astronautics major Theo St. Francis describes his studies of Portuguese and travels to Brazil.
3 Questions: A new model of nervous system form, function, and evolution
Developing a new neuroscience model is no small feat. New faculty member Brady Weissbourd has risen to the challenge in order to study nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function.
3 Questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?
Assistant Professor César Terrer and recent visiting student Stephen Bell describe how agricultural lands that are no longer productive could play an important role in carbon sequestration.
3 Questions: Sara Prescott on the brain-body connection
New MIT faculty member investigates how sensory input from within the body controls mammalian physiology and behavior.
3 Questions: Jacob Andreas on large language models
The CSAIL scientist describes natural language processing research through state-of-the-art machine-learning models and investigation of how language can enhance other types of artificial intelligence.
3 Questions: Per Urlaub on MIT Global Languages
Urlaub discusses the growing popularity of language programs at the Institute.
Q&A: Introducing Axim Collaborative, a new MIT-Harvard online ed venture
CEO Stephanie Khurana describes the nonprofit, whose work is aimed at those without easy access to degree and credential programs.
In a time of war, a new effort to help
MIT-Ukraine program leaders describe the work they are undertaking as they shape a novel project to help a country in crisis.
3 Questions: What’s next for local and campus-based Covid-19 policies and protocols?
With federal and state public health emergencies expiring on May 11, Cecilia Stuopis and Ian Waitz discuss the next chapter for MIT.