WBUR speaks with Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart about the actions MIT is taking following the release of a survey examining sexual misconduct at MIT. “We have a very long history of approaching problems in exactly this way. We measure by getting data and facts, and then we develop our action plan,” says Barnhart.
WGBH examines the survey released by MIT on Monday that polled students about their attitudes and experiences with sexual assault on campus. “The poll is the first of its kind for the MIT community, and it goes beyond the scope of similar studies at other colleges and universities,” Kirk Carapezza and Mallory Noe-Payne report.
Matt Rocheleau of The Boston Globe writes about the results of a climate survey on sexual assault released by MIT Monday. “With its comprehensive survey, MIT became the highest-profile college to put such a specific estimate on the prevalence of sexual violence on campus, amid heightened national attention on the issue,” writes Rocheleau.
Kath Xu of The Tech reports on the new Institute policies and programs designed to combat sexual assault, which were announced following a survey sent to all undergraduate and graduate students at MIT. “We’ve already made a commitment to increase resources so that we can increase education and support,” explains Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart.
Scott Kirsner of BetaBoston highlights Anne Hunter’s jobs list, which has connected MIT students and alumni to potential employers since the 1990s. “The ‘jobs list’ is an MIT institution, a mailing list that any student can ask to get onto,” says alumni Michael McGraw-Herdeg. “Anne is a saint for having set the list up — I am sure it has changed lives.”
Founded by MIT alumnus Sidhant Pai and winner of the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge, Indian startup Protoprint compensates waste pickers in the Indian city of Pune for collecting the raw materials used for 3D-printing filament, writes Dhanya Ann Thoppil for The Wall Street Journal. “The point is to create employment and value add opportunities for the waste pickers,” says Pai.
Boston Globe reporter Jennifer Smith writes about HackMIT, a "code-writing marathon" held at the Institute over the weekend. HackMIT is, “exciting, because it’s one of the biggest hackathons and has a great atmosphere,” says participant Leila Chan Currie.
Christopher Gearon of U.S. News & World Report profiles freshman Emily Young. “An ACL injury led Emily Young to become ‘fascinated’ with biomedical engineering and biomechanics," writes Gearon.
“People need to help each other out, right?” Those are the words of an MIT student whose act of kindness prompted one nearby witness to share the story in a letter to the Boston Globe.
Tech reporter Tushar Kamath writes that officials have announced a period of reflection on the community’s recent losses. “This is our way of saying the community does care and we want to be there for each other and provide support to each other,” says Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart.
MIT career development specialist Lily Zhang writes for Forbes about how to most effectively kick-start a job search. “[T]ake a full day off from work, stop daydreaming about your new position, and actually do something that’ll help you land it,” writes Zhang.
Scientific American reports that 70 MIT students and faculty were among those who attended the People’s Climate Change March in New York. "We have the technologies to begin to tackle the climate crisis,” said Ph.D. candidate Geoffrey Supran. “What we lack is the political will to make it happen."
Kelly Gifford of The Boston Globe profiles MIT Alumnus Emily Calandrelli. “As producer and host of Fox’s new syndicated series ‘Xploration Outer Space,’ Calandrelli explains and explores the wide and mysterious world of space in an approachable (and entertaining) way,” writes Gifford.
MIT PhD Student Tom O’Grady writes for The Washington Post about the upcoming vote on independence in Scotland. O’Grady argues Scotland’s case is unique in that nationalists and progressives are united in their support for leaving the UK.
PhD candidate Josephine Wolff writes for Slate about last week’s NATO decision to explicitly prescribe a collective response to a cyber-attack on any one member. “[T]he change appears to be largely symbolic because sufficiently severe cyberattacks would likely have been covered under the nations’ treaty regardless,” writes Wolff.