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No mere child’s play, tiddlywinks can be fiercely competitive — and MIT alumni have been at the highest ranks of the game for decades. “There’s a lot of strategy involved,” says Larry Kahn ’75, SM ’76, who holds 24 world championship titles in singles competition and 20 in pairs. Watch video
Captured carbon dioxide can be converted into useful chemical products. But Kripa Varanasi asks: “How can we make this efficient? How can we make this cost-effective?” New work by his team could make the conversion process more practical.
Via @mitsloanadmissions on Instagram: “In honor of Veterans Day, we want to take a moment to celebrate all the veterans who are a part of the MIT community. We also want to give a special shoutout to the @mitsloanvetsclub!”
Jennifer Yang ’97 channels her creativity and love for science into her passion: making spirits. As co-founder of Covalent Spirits, Yang manages operations at the craft distillery and develops drinks, mixers, and syrups.
For the past 50 years, the US Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus.
Exercise does a body good, strengthening muscles and bolstering bones, blood vessels, and the immune system. Now, engineers have found that exercise can also have a significant biochemical effect on the growth of individual neurons.
Admir Masic studies ancient materials, such as Roman concrete, to address modern problems involving sustainability and climate change. “We should think of these materials as a source of valuable information that we can try to translate to today,” he says.