Special events and guest speakers

Deborah Hung’s talk kicked off a four-part Independent Activities Period seminar series, Microbes in Health and Disease.

The new front against antibiotic resistance

Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.

January 23, 2020

The majority of U.S. college students spend hours each day on social media platforms, which can impact mental health and overall well-being.

Nine tips for healthy social media use

MindHandHeart is finding new ways to encourage healthy, positive social media use.

January 23, 2020

Left to right: MARC committee members and MIT graduate students Navid Abedzadeh, Mayuran Saravanapavanantham, Haozhe Wang, Elaine McVay, Qingyun Xie, Jatin Patil, Jessica Boles, Rachel Yang, and Rishabh Mittal.

MIT graduate students lead conference on microsystems and nanotechnology

Student committee puts together research showcase while balancing coursework, qualifying exams, and extracurriculars.

January 22, 2020

Angelique Scarpa, an administrative assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering, is encouraging MIT community members to spend time in nature.

Reasons to go outside

A MindHandHeart Innovation Fund project spearheaded by staff member Angelique Scarpa is bringing elements of nature to MIT.

January 21, 2020

Tim the Beaver takes photos with members of the community at MindHandHeart's 4th birthday celebration.

Celebrating four years of MindHandHeart

Over 600 members of the community gathered to recognize MindHandHeart’s work to make MIT a healthier and more welcoming place.

December 18, 2019

$Attendees joined a group photo at the 2019 MIT Alloy Design Workshop, which focused on bridging scale gaps, enabling complex alloy design through the understanding of fundamental nanoscale mechanisms of plasticity and fracture mechanics.$

Workshop connects microscale mechanics to real-world alloy design

“Micromechanics informed alloy design: Overcoming scale-transition challenges” focuses on bridging scale gaps.

December 17, 2019

Students gather in the Stata Center to hear the 2019 MIT EnergyHack challenges. Participants had 36 hours to come up with a solution to the challenge they were assigned with their team members before presenting to company representatives, fellow hackers, and judges.

Hacking into a sustainable energy future

The 2019 MIT EnergyHack presented opportunities for students and companies to collaborate and solve problems facing the energy sector today.

December 11, 2019

Moungi Bawendi, the Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry at MIT, described recent progress on new kinds of solar cell materials.

Getting the carbon out of the electricity sector

MIT symposium looks at the role of advances in storage, solar, nuclear, EVs and more in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

December 9, 2019

A panel discussion featured Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University's College of Communication (center), and Charles Seife, professor of journalism at New York University, (right), and was moderated by Gideon Lichfield, editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review (left).

Journalists and academics explore the communication of science

Daylong symposium at MIT showcases innovative ways of sharing facts and building trust in research results.

December 6, 2019

On Nov. 14, the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management co-organized an event for students with Patrick Collison (right), the CEO of internet payment company Stripe.

The impatient pursuit of progress

Patrick Collison returns to MIT to speak to students about the challenges and possibilities of entrepreneurship.

December 5, 2019

TPP student Nina Peluso shares discussion takeaways at the inaugural event for the Technology and Policy Program’s new Research to Policy Engagement Initiative.

Technology and Policy Program launches Research to Policy Engagement Initiative

Initiative will support efforts to inform policy with scientific research.

December 5, 2019

Cornell University’s Paul McEuen gives the inaugural Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture on cell-sized sensors and robots.

Paul McEuen delivers inaugural Dresselhaus Lecture on cell-sized robots

Cornell University professor and physicist uses nanoscale parts to create smart, active microbots.

December 4, 2019

The Maldives, a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean, are at risk of erosion and, at worst, submersion from rising sea levels. MIT's Skylar Tibbits is conducting field experiments with a group called Invena in the Maldives to harness the power of waves with underwater bladders to promote sand accumulation where it is most needed to protect shorelines from flooding.

Transformation by design

Skylar Tibbits makes materials that water, heat, or mechanical forces can alter into new shapes.

November 27, 2019

The 2019 Lam Research Tech Symposium brought together Lam’s global technical staff, academic collaborators, and industry leaders with MIT faculty, students, and researchers for a two-day event on smart systems for semiconductor manufacturing.

Smart systems for semiconductor manufacturing

Lam Research Tech Symposium, co-hosted by MIT.nano and Microsystems Technology Lab, explores challenges, opportunities for the future of the industry.

November 25, 2019

Daniela Rus (far right), director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), moderated a panel on dispelling the myths of AI technologies in the workplace. The AI and the Work of the Future Congress was co-organized by CSAIL, the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and the MIT Work of the Future Task Force.

MIT conference focuses on preparing workers for the era of artificial intelligence

As automation rises in the workplace, speakers explore ways to train students and reskill workers.

November 22, 2019

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