December 2020
- 12/23 - Holiday greetings + Media Lab director + year in review
- 12/22 - Agile robots + MIT in a post-Covid era + the 2020 great conjunction
- 12/21 - Welcoming winter + immigrant appreciation + holiday greetings
- 12/18 - Atomic clocks + discussing race at work + women in AI
- 12/17 - Mammogram guidelines + cosmic family tree + remembering Robert Coles
- 12/16 - Solving problems together + Artemis astronauts + coding for Black lives
- 12/15 - Modeling Covid-19 testing + winter wear safety + "The Bluest Eye"
- 12/14 - Understanding RNA vaccines: how they work and how we got here
- 12/11 - Engineering and public service + quantum computing explained
- 12/10 - Boundary-breaking math + better cybersecurity + MIT Nobel laureates
- 12/09 - Early gravitational waves + race in academia + kid of the year
- 12/08 - Marshall Scholars + printing clay art + MBTA adventures
- 12/07 - Remembering Judith Jarvis Thomson + safer infrastructure + "perfect" fluids
- 12/04 - History and design + Indigenous knowledge + MIT tunnels
- 12/03 - Hobby Shop + the power of neurodiversity + reading admissions apps
- 12/02 - Diagnosing liver disease + monitoring Covid-19 + sci-fi inspiration
- 12/01 - Improving energy storage + immigration stories + fashion for rent
November 2020
- 11/30 - Optimizing robot design + promoting inclusive entrepreneurship
- 11/25 - Giving thanks in an extraordinary year
- 11/24 - Cellular symphony + Fibonacci Day + teaching with comics
- 11/23 - Rhodes Scholars + coronavirus spikes + saying farewell to campus
- 11/20 - Tantalized by neutrons + addressing climate + misinformation and social media
- 11/19 - Versatile building blocks + trust in journalism + holiday travel safety
- 11/18 - Innovation and policy + Work of the Future final report
- 11/17 - Mini-satellite maker + inclusive work + MIT climate action
- 11/16 - Online learning + remembering Mary Wagley + new nuclear power
- 11/13 - Deep learning for IoT + coronavirus protein + a more welcoming MIT
- 11/12 - Battling Covid-19 + innovative PPE solutions + MIThenge
- 11/10 - Particle dance + reducing antibiotic use + farewell, Alex Trebek
- 11/09 - Curious about biology + HBCUs and MIT + female entrepreneurs
- 11/06 - The power of identity + the science of super-spreaders
- 11/05 - Covid-19 and mental health + understanding the election
- 11/04 - Managing stress in an unprecedented time
- 11/03 - Every vote counts: MIT votes on Election Day
- 11/02 - Remembering Angelika Amon + Angela Davis on racism + democracies in distress
October 2020
- 10/30 - An MIT Halloween + Covid-19 in sewage + craft coffee
- 10/29 - Detecting Covid-19 via coughs + politics of race and ethnicity
- 10/28 - Staying motivated + older scientists + voting lines
- 10/27 - Giving voice to refugees + printed textiles + voting stickers
- 10/26 - Communicating with ALS + election polls + MIT climate action
- 10/23 - Greener energy + preparing for the elections + STEM mentoring
- 10/22 - Helper robots + gearing up to vote + glass pumpkins
- 10/21 - Virtual construction sites + political information inequality
- 10/20 - Filtering CO2 + Black lives matter at work + voting pics
- 10/19 - The problem with absentee election ballots
- 10/16 - Off-grid cooling + remote STEAM learning + voter registration
- 10/15 - Counting election ballots + LEED Platinum for MIT.nano + pandemic art
- 10/14 - Squeezing cells + worrisome deepfakes + MIT on Colbert
- 10/13 - Remembering Mario Molina + bringing people together + racism in health care
- 10/09 - Celebrating Sheila Widnall + alumni MacArthur winners + Nano Day
- 10/08 - Remote learning + universal flu vaccine + diversity in data science
- 10/07 - Bone marrow nanoparticles + MIT pioneers on stage + neuroscience rising stars
- 10/06 - Andrea Ghez '87 wins Nobel Prize in Physics for work on black holes
- 10/05 - Understanding fandom + Shor named EVPT + testing MIT wastewater
- 10/02 - Championing renewable energy + MIT contact tracing + advancing racial justice
- 10/01 - Sea ice and climate + gender equality in academia + grad student parenting
September 2020
- 09/30 - Fusion physics update + Covid-19-era inequities + MIT Podcasts app
- 09/29 - Ode to a crossword + remote student research + very special care packages
- 09/28 - Urban community revitalization + Indigenous Peoples Day + virtual doctors
- 09/25 - Saving Iñupiaq + immigration and entrepreneurship + inbox overflow
- 09/24 - Barzilay wins $1M AI award + examining social media + diversity in math
- 09/23 - Dedication to learning + MITvote + Black Greek life
- 09/22 - “Pi planet” has a 3.14-day orbit + preparing to vote + welcome, fall
- 09/21 - Flat fisheye lens + race in video games + remembering Merrill and Ginsburg
- 09/18 - Teaching in a pandemic + rapid Covid-19 test + American languages
- 09/17 - History of cooking + leading with transparency + fusion 101
- 09/16 - Focus on brain disorders + from MIT to Hollywood + megafires
- 09/15 - Possible biomarker on Venus + Raman heads to the NBA
- 09/14 - Access to opportunity + biology of loneliness + postcard art
- 09/11 - Breakthrough Foundation prizes + monitoring sleep + middle-seat safety
- 09/10 - Focus on farmers + Media Lab update + mini magnetic pump
- 09/09 - Smart food sensor + countering Covid-19 + design from a distance
- 09/08 - Data for the people + remote-work era + tech and policy anti-racism
- 09/04 - Thanks to MIT employees + MLK Scholars + The Emerald Tutu
- 09/03 - Black hole megamerger + remembering Daniel Wang + Clean Air Car Race
- 09/02 - Scholarship and activism + Convocation + 1 million Covid tests
- 09/01 - A new semester begins + open Covid-19 course
August 2020
- 08/31 - Robot doctor + MIT first-year magic + Beirut Box
- 08/28 - Shielding qubits + digital teaching + being anti-racist
- 08/26 - Responding to faces + discussing race + climate and inequality
- 08/24 - Tackling Covid-19 + face mask culture + skateboarding star
- 08/21 - MIT Now website + Saarinen at MIT + sustainable social change
- 08/19 - Mavalvala named dean of science + women's suffrage at 100
- 08/17 - Filling an empty nest + urban planning's role in social justice
- 08/14 - MIT's unique Covid-19 testing trailer + how STEM majors vote
- 08/12 - Art and belonging + anti-racism conversations + enterprise architecture
- 08/10 - Creative push for Juneteenth + Diane Greene to chair MIT Corporation
- 08/07 - Chemistry and architecture + hair vs. steel + algorithmic justice
- 08/05 - The impact of masks + dismantling racism + lost votes
- 08/03 - MIT research to appear on a postage stamp
July 2020
- 07/31 - Snowball Earth + return to research + Mars 2020 lifts off
- 07/30 - Poverty and climate change + countdown to Mars + dino evolution
- 07/29 - Mission to Mars + Day of Dialogue + tuxedos for all
- 07/28 - How the brain computes + diploma by mail + Covid-19 testing
- 07/27 - Deepfakes explained + climate change challenges + tenured engineers
- 07/24 - Cancer evolution + one MIT + funding basic research
- 07/23 - Recycling plastics + diversity in corporations + Comet NEOWISE over MIT
- 07/22 - Cleaner skies from Covid + pandemic media coverage + dream studies
- 07/21 - Caring about chemistry + perfect playlists + speculative design
- 07/20 - Moon Day + deepfake misinformation + history of police violence
- 07/17 - The meaning of masks + MIT-BU law clinics + comet NEOWISE
- 07/16 - Blinking black hole + rapid Covid-19 test + admissions update
- 07/15 - Why international scholars are vital to America's future
- 07/14 - Communicating science + MIT post-Covid + Gospel Choir
- 07/13 - Imaging wizard + ICE lawsuit + "The Claudia Kishi Club"
- 07/10 - Studying company culture + reusable face masks + dealing with stress
- 07/09 - Joint suit to protect international students
- 07/08 - Plans for MIT fall semester + art for Black lives
- 07/07 - Radio in a pandemic + Covid-19 spread + smoot distancing
- 07/02 - “I am confident we can build an MIT that is more equitable and just.”
- 07/01 - Fascination with light + prison education + Boston equity chief
June 2020
- 06/30 - New vaccine design + MIT Pride + rapid peer review
- 06/29 - Robot disinfection + new CEE head + Great Dome at home
- 06/26 - Better vaccine delivery + culture and Covid-19 + mighty MITES
- 06/25 - Easing the financial crisis + design at MIT + solar benefits
- 06/24 - Chronicling Black resilience + teaching by Zoom + reusable masks
- 06/23 - New surgical tape + Covid and climate + being Black in America
- 06/22 - Wearable environments + President Reif on the Supreme Court
- 06/19 - Juneteenth: “We have to revisit these events — no matter how painful”
- 06/18 - Mystery signal from space + initial decision on returning to campus
- 06/17 - Solving an illusion + intersectional hiring + which businesses should reopen
- 06/16 - Moving people + Alzheimer's update + challenging inequities
- 06/15 - Sustainable air landings + a moment of moral urgency + reopening MIT
- 06/12 - Boosting innovation + producing PPE + language and power
- 06/11 - Brain-on-a-chip + urban planning to protect diverse communities
- 06/09 - Strengthening MIT bonds + seeing brighter days + #ShutDownAcademia
- 06/08 - Graphene electrodes + returning to campus + protesting safely
- 06/05 - Doing your part: MIT open resources on Black studies and race
- 06/04 - MIT community shares grief, anger, and hope
- 06/03 - “We know, and we insist, that black lives matter.”
- 06/02 - Grippier shoes + tech from literature + community vigil
- 06/01 - MIT Commencement recap: Celebrating the Class of 2020
May 2020
- 05/29 - Saluting the Class of 2020, the MIT way
- 05/28 - The surprising connection between the classes of 1970 and 2020
- 05/27 - Beethoven, quarantined + Commencement + Covid-19 aftereffects
- 05/26 - Brass Rat history + Fulbright Fellows + Syncopasian
- 05/22 - What it's like to defend a doctoral thesis in the age of Covid-19
- 05/21 - Materials testing with AI + EMS week + music lessons from Brazil
- 05/20 - Science and entrepreneurship + rapid Covid-19 test + fight, flight, or freeze
- 05/19 - Embracing simplicity + how work is changing + Quality of Life Survey
- 05/18 - Cooling Southern Ocean + MIT's path forward + early women at MIT
- 05/15 - Lean research labs + ventilator priority + Patriots bike ride
- 05/14 - Quantum realms + Solomon wins Killian Award + from Ghana to MIT
- 05/13 - Tunnel66 + innovation to beat Covid-19 + Commencement invite
- 05/12 - Many views of reality + virtual CPW + smart fabrics
- 05/11 - Linking physicians and engineers + magic-angle graphene + #OneMIT
- 05/08 - Giving thanks to MIT moms this Mother’s Day
- 05/07 - Diverse by design + Covid-19 and internet speed + new UA president
- 05/06 - Rapid Covid-19 tests + healing music + second MIT Town Hall
- 05/05 - How MIT experienced the 1918 flu pandemic + MIT Baby Yoda
- 05/04 - Myth-busting on YouTube + NAS members + virtual hug
- 05/01 - Coaching from afar + KN95 respirators + student inventions
April 2020
- 04/30 - How student EMTs are giving back to the MIT community
- 04/29 - Science culture and policy + national security + "Quaranteen"
- 04/28 - Computing and arts + pandemic web traffic + pets and Covid-19
- 04/27 - Environmental design + Covid-19 vaccine development + best MIT class
- 04/24 - Zooming away + restarting the workforce + ICEO John Dozier
- 04/23 - Optimized decision-making + Covid-19 science + climate action
- 04/22 - “Science is our best warning system — if we can force ourselves to listen.”
- 04/21 - Ancient books + Covid-19 tests + climate change stories
- 04/17 - CovEd matches college and K-12 students to facilitate online learning
- 04/16 - Modeling Covid-19 + 2020 election + Sean Collier Care Center
- 04/15 - "I can save the world from my living room."
- 04/14 - Soros Fellows + vaccine development + isolating together
- 04/13 - Punk rock academics + nanokelvin "refrigerator" + Zoom in the garage
- 04/10 - Evaluating global energy + Cambridge assistance + quarantine stories
- 04/09 - Tracking the virus + telehealth revolution + slowing down
- 04/08 - MIT scientists are finding new ways to work — and stay connected — at home
- 04/07 - Minecraft MIT: A way to connect while away from campus
- 04/06 - How an MIT startup is using data to answer hard questions
- 04/03 - MIT entrepreneurs are lighting the path forward on Covid-19
- 04/02 - Rapid protective equipment + health care records + community wellness
- 04/01 - Study: Public health now, stronger economic rebound later
March 2020
- 03/31 - Stand up and be counted: The 2020 U.S. Census is almost here
- 03/30 - A Covid-19 treatment candidate + rolling out remote learning at MIT
- 03/27 - An open-source ventilator could save thousands of lives
- 03/26 - Covid-19: MIT innovation, supply chain outlook, front-line research
- 03/25 - Commencement + stopgap Covid-19 treatment + women in STEM
- 03/24 - What can astronauts teach us about social distancing?
- 03/23 - Thanking the community + donating protective equipment + SAT subject tests
- 03/20 - Working remotely + disease-exposure warning tech + surviving quarantine
- 03/19 - Love in the Time of Corona + community updates + daily breathing break
- 03/18 - Acting on Covid-19 + MIT community updates + MIT Medical action map
- 03/17 - One MIT + St. Patrick's Day + working remotely
- 03/16 - Important updates on Covid-19 for the MIT community
- 03/13 - Updates on MIT Covid-19 response + acts of kindness + Pi Day
- 03/12 - Supporting communities of color + magnetite puzzle + data feminism + home run record
- 03/11 - New steps in COVID-19 response + superstar firms + tips for online meetings
- 03/10 - On-campus event cancellations + MacVicar Fellows + how we navigate
- 03/09 - Better machine learning + explaining hypersensitivity + handwashing songs
- 03/06 - MIT’s response to COVID-19 coronavirus + learning from demos + anti-influencers
- 03/05 - Sustainable construction + QS subject rankings + Margaret Cheney Room
- 03/04 - Design justice + Putnam math champs + squishy materials
- 03/03 - Fact-checking news + supporting female investors + one-handed ukulele
- 03/02 - Advancing health equity + electronic voting security + shoes for kids
February 2020
- 02/28 - Snow and self-driving cars + President Reif in Washington + virus-built batteries
- 02/27 - From culinary arts to engineering + slowing Ebola + defending against cyberattacks
- 02/26 - 5G, explained + new open access model + dance floor design
- 02/25 - Dark-field microscopy + Mars 2020 + nuclear makerspace
- 02/24 - How proteins fold + the trouble with round numbers + fencing accolades
- 02/21 - New antibiotics + AI in the military + Class of 2022 Brass Rats
- 02/20 - Combatting counterfeiting + 2020 Commencement and Doctoral Hooding speakers
- 02/19 - Deflecting an asteroid + Gates Cambridge Scholars + making art at MIT
- 02/18 - From MITx to MIT + Ironside named VP for communications + supply-chain climate resilience
- 02/14 - Smart diaper + automatic Wikipedia edits + MLK Luncheon + MIT Valentines
- 02/13 - Robot skin + Dozier named ICEO + voting app vulnerability + deadly emissions
- 02/12 - MIT-trained Tuskegee Airmen + Satori supercomputer + gender in the workplace
- 02/11 - Golf ball asteroid + Chalk of the Day + impact of fab labs
- 02/10 - Math on the move + Japan Prize + open access milestones
- 02/07 - Improving solar cells + slowing epidemics + fabrication for all
- 02/06 - Toward flexible electronics + sustainable coffee + voting system safety
- 02/05 - Flu protein structure + boosting cellphone signals + beaver emoji + DJ Swift
- 02/04 - Better batteries + the shock of growing old + coronavirus FAQ + the art of doing nothing
- 02/03 - Singing for service + germanium tunnels + dance at MIT
January 2020
Issues
- 01/31 - Targeting Huntington's disease + Chinese calligraphy + Prince-o-pedia
- 01/30 - Biorobotic heart + economics of sustainability + women in biotech + MIT in LEGO
- 01/29 - From ideas to startups + MIT work-life survey + helping military vets
- 01/28 - Biology for the people + teaching kids coding and ethics + combating antibiotic resistance
- 01/27 - A mathematical physicist + noninvasive glucose monitoring + Lunar New Year
- 01/24 - Air safety stats + renewable standards save lives + healthy social media use
- 01/23 - Enriching digital maps + blood and politics in India + Mystery Hunt wedding
- 01/22 - Hacking biology and life + parasite discovery + reasons to go outside
- 01/21 - Physicists study elections + full-scale emergency exercise + kid inventors
- 01/17 - Tim the Beaver + d’Arbeloff Center on Women’s Health + Jarillo-Herrero wins Wolf Prize
- 01/16 - The lab that races together + verifying quantum chips + a dog's visit to MIT
- 01/15 - Decarbonizing energy systems + nanotubes for airplane parts + makers in Kenya
- 01/14 - IAP adventures + energy loss in windows + transforming empty storefronts
- 01/13 - Superpowers of 2D materials + Epstein engagement report + new MIT astronauts
- 01/10 - Set design at MIT + testing health care strategies + climate emergency
- 01/09 - Robert Solow's remarkable career + teaching ethics + quirky chem lab
- 01/08 - MIT Trashion Show + China emissions + Interphase EDGE + dissertation motivation
- 01/07 - Beautiful mathematics + new use for old Brass Rats + almighty aluminum
- 01/06 - Top research stories of 2019 + power of financial aid + Grossman to lead DMSE