Via @mit.health on Instagram: “MIT President Sally Kornbluth started the week off right by getting a flu vaccination. Thanks for setting a great example, Dr. Kornbluth!”

Postdoc Ubadah Sabbagh’s journey from Syria to MIT has been marked by determination, courage, and curiosity. “For me, a scientist is a person who is not only in the lab but also has a unique perspective to contribute to society,” he says.

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 6 million Americans. Now, by analyzing epigenomic and gene expression changes that occur in patients with Alzheimer’s, researchers have identified cellular pathways that could become new drug targets.

​​MIT is welcoming nine Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars to campus for 2023-24. They will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty. 

Orange 3D-printed statues of 30 distinguished women in STEM grace the MIT Open Space this week as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. It is part of the traveling #IfThenSheCan exhibition, which has toured the nation.

Engineers are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a passive device inspired by the ocean and powered by the sun. “For the first time, it is possible for water, produced by sunlight, to be even cheaper than tap water,” Lenan Zhang says.