- Nuno Loureiro named director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion CenterA lauded professor, theoretical physicist, and fusion scientist, Loureiro is keenly positioned to advance the center’s research and education goals.
- Science communication competition brings research into the real world“We need more scientists who can explain their work clearly, explain science to the public, and help us build a science-literate world.”
- To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythmsA new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
- MITdesignX and MISTI in DubaiThe Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates.
- Alison Badgett named director of the Priscilla King Gray Public Service CenterWith decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, she will lead the center as MIT boosts social impact experiential learning opportunities.
- Now corporate boards have responsibility for cybersecurity, tooBoards of directors are on the hook for management, governance, and disclosure reporting.
- An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detectionTorNet, a public artificial intelligence dataset, could help models reveal when and why tornadoes form, improving forecasters' ability to issue warnings.
- MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learningAt MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
- Julie Shah named head of the Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAn expert in robotics and AI, Shah succeeds Steven Barrett at AeroAstro.
- Remembering Chasity Nunez, a shining star at MIT HealthA “perpetual learner,” Nunez was beloved at MIT and in her community.
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