Appearing on Al Jazeera, Chancellor Melissa Nobles discussed challenges facing higher education, touching on the importance of diversity, inclusion, and affordability in higher learning, as well as her own research on race and politics.

Via @mit.health on Instagram: “MIT Medical employees enjoying our annual ‘Fun-in-the-Sun’ food truck bonanza! Opera, dancing, delicious cuisine and more!”

The Civic Data Design Lab visualizes data on the movements of people — and moves audiences in the process. “We live in dynamic, moving places, and the data are always moving, too,” says Sarah Williams

Chemists have found a way to make certain rubber-like polymers — used in car parts and ink for 3D printing — much more resistant to tearing. Perhaps surprisingly, the method involves introducing weaker bonds into the material.

In a recent visit to MIT, Mario Draghi PhD ’77 said war and inflation “didn’t come out of nowhere.” The former prime minister of Italy and former president of the European Central Bank detailed three forces dampening global economic growth.

“For a long time, we thought the brain is a tyrant that sends output into the organs and controls everything. But now we know there’s a lot of feedback back into the brain,” Polina Anikeeva says. Her team has uncovered significant crosstalk between the brain and GI tract.