Engineers have devised a way to protect seeds from the stress of water shortage and provide them with extra nutrition. Simple and inexpensive, the process could be deployed in arid regions to facilitate agriculture on drought-stressed land.
Professors Barbara Liskov, Dina Katabi, Dava Newman, Daniela Rus, and a number of MIT alumnae and MIT Corporation members have been named to a list of the most influential female engineers in the world, Forbes reported.
Via @mitblackhistory on Instagram: “In Memoriam: Mary Olivia Hope (1922-2021) … During her eleven-year tenure at the Institute, she was known as a passionate and effective advocate for all students … her office became a welcome refuge for many.”
Relay races, bean-bag tosses, tug of war, and ring tosses galore are reminiscent of field days that mark the school year’s end. MIT students were inspired to put their own spin on field day, showing some dorm pride in the process.
Every weekend, the MIT Guild of Bellringers brings to life the bells at Boston’s Old North Church. Group leader John Bihn told WBUR: “It is really exciting thinking that I’m ringing the same bells that nearly 300 years ago Paul Revere was ringing.”
Via @scullingfool on Instagram: “Sunrise over the Charles and the MIT campus.”
The 2021 Venice Biennale, curated by Hashim Sarkis, asks how we can best live together in a time of uncertainty and crisis. “Every generation asks this question, and every generation deserves to come up with its unique answers,” he says.