Via @MITMechE on Twitter: Last week, Professor Evelyn Wang served as officiant for the wedding of graduate student Yajing Zhao and recent alum Shichao Yue. Shichao's advisor, Professor Dina Katabi, served as a witness and gave him his doctoral hood.

Living in Hanoi, Singapore, Sydney, and Cambridge has shown Minh Trinh firsthand how politics can impact elections and human rights. The political science PhD student now analyzes reporting relationships between Vietnam’s central and local governments.

With a new publication, the MIT Press is reaching out to new audiences: “The Curie Society” is a STEM-themed action-adventure graphic novel for young adults, the first publication in this genre in the press’s nearly 60-year history.

A study has found that mask use rises with communities’ levels of collectivism. “It’s important to understand how culture fundamentally shapes how people respond not only to this pandemic, but to future crises as well,” Jackson Lu tells Fast Company.

Robots have become quite good at identifying objects that are out in the open. But discerning buried items is tougher. A CSAIL team has now designed a sharp-tipped robot finger that might one day help disarm landmines or inspect cables.

Institute Professor Paula Hammond recently joined 60 Black members of the National Academy of Medicine in encouraging Black Americans to get vaccinated. Participants said they’ve reviewed the research and have confidence in Covid-19 vaccines.