CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A with David Friedrich, senior associate dean for housing and residential services: * * * By Ashley Kennedy, Division of Student Life In October 2017, MIT made a commitment to add 950 on-campus beds for graduate students as part of the Volpe zoning agreement with the City of Cambridge that allows the Institute to develop a 10-acre parcel in Kendall Square. Since then, MIT opened the Graduate   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT historian of science Robin Wolfe Scheffler takes a close look at the progress of biomedical research in the U.S. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News For decades now, MIT's Kendall Square neighborhood has been dotted by cranes, scaffolding, and construction sites -- the unofficial symbols of the biotechnology boom that has made East Cambridge an industry capital. True,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Elizabeth Durant, Office of the Vice Chancellor  Associate Dean and Office of Minority Education (OME) Director DiOnetta Jones Crayton has announced that she will step down from her role on Feb. 2. She has led the office for 14 years, advancing OME's efforts to provide a robust portfolio of programs, services, and resources for undergraduate students of color. "It has been my honor to   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll and Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt today announced that they will be appointing Andy Koziol as Director of West-East Rail, which would extend passenger rail service from Boston to Worcester, Springfield and Pittsfield. In her first budget, Governor Healey worked with the Legislature to se  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Exploiting the symmetry within datasets, MIT researchers show, can decrease the amount of data needed for training neural networks. * * * By Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL Behrooz Tahmasebi -- an MIT PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an affiliate of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) -- was tak  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * When interventions or policies perform well in studies, they may disappoint later on. An MIT economist's tools can help planners recognize this trap. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Back in the 1980s, researchers tested a job-training program called JOBSTART in 13 U.S. cities. In 12 locations, the program had a minimal benefit. But in San Jose, California, results were go  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Me-Shirts, winner of the annual MIT materials science competition, has developed a biodegradable material than can be easily added and removed from shirts. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Have you ever gotten a free T-shirt at an event that you never wear? What about a music or sports-themed shirt you wear to one event and then lose interest in entirely? Such one-off T-shir  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and her office have reached a $1.6 million settlement with affiliated transportation providers STAT Ambulance Services, Inc. and Southcoast Emergency Medical Services, Inc., along with their owner Carol Mansfield, to resolve allegations that the companies submitted false claims to MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, and that Southcoast  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Nine open-access books cross 10,000 reads threshold, bringing total for Direct to Open titles to almost 425,000. * * * By Jessica Pellien, MIT Press Now in its third year of operation, the MIT Press' Direct to Open (D2O) recently announced that it reached its full funding goal in 2024 and will open access to 79 new monographs and edited book collections this year. Launc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the move to clean energy. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News A new analysis by MIT researchers shows the places in the U.S. where jobs are most linked to fossil fuels. The research could help policymakers better identify and support areas affected over time by a switch to renewable energy. Wh  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Awarded $65.67 million from ARPA-H, the researchers will work to develop ingestible capsules that deliver mRNA and electric stimuli to treat metabolic disorders such as diabetes. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News A team of MIT researchers will lead a $65.67 million effort, awarded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), to develop ingestible devi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new microscopy technique that enables high-resolution imaging could one day help doctors diagnose and treat brain tumors. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Using a novel microscopy technique, MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School researchers have imaged human brain tissue in greater detail than ever before, revealing cells and structures that were n  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced a new one-semester fellowship -- the Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East -- that will start this year. The fellowship, developed through a generous gift from the global publishing company Springer Nature, was created in honor of the influential Egyptian science journalist Mohammed Yahi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Anne Wilson, Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Emeritus Igor Paul '60, SM '61, PhD '64, an influential professor of mechanical engineering, passed away on Dec. 17, 2023 at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was 87. Paul was a member of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty from 1964 until his retirement in 2003, and helped to develop the department's   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The awards offer opportunities to expand research into unique areas of scholarship. * * * By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Two projects -- the Global Mediations Lab led by Paul Roquet and the MIT Swahili Studies Initiative led by Per Urlaub -- have won Humanities Awards from the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The finding provides new insights into the ultrafast control of magnetic materials, with potential to enable next-generation information processing technologies. * * * Plucking a guitar string is a simple action that generates a harmonic series of overtones. However, skilled guitar players can elevate their performance by applying pressure to the strings while plucking the  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: The scope of UMass Dartmouth's growing footprint in gravitational-wave science takes another step forward, as the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA officially greenlit the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, with a planned launch for 2035 and the potential to provide a snapshot of the universe just seconds after the "Big Bang." The success of the multi-billi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist has co-founded and developed over 70 life-science and technology startups. * * * Noubar Afeyan PhD '87, an inventor and parallel entrepreneur with a penchant for bold ideas, will deliver the address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 30. Afeyan is the founder and CEO of the venture creation company Flagship Pioneerin  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT delegates share observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference. * * * With 85,000 delegates, the 2023 United Nations climate change conference, known as COP28, was the largest U.N. climate conference in history. It was held at the end of the hottest year in recorded history. And after 12 days of negotiations, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, it produced   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Zach Winn, MIT News Casey Harrington, who led MIT Copytech's recovery from pandemic-era disruptions and built close friendships across campus, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 13. He was 49. Copytech's director since 2022, Harrington modernized the department's equipment and services to improve its financial outlook, and led his staff with a personal touch. "Casey was beloved by our te  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: Since 1988, Hiroko Matsuyama, a master instructor of the Ohara School of Ikebana, has worked with MIT students on the basics of the ancient art of Japanese flower arrangement. Through an Independent Activities Period (IAP) course offered each year by the MIT-Japan Program, Matsuyama works with students to create their own arrangements. This year marked the final IAP ikebana course for Matsu  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The graduate students will aim to commercialize innovations in AI, machine learning, and data science. * * * The MIT-Pillar AI Collective has announced six fellows for the spring 2024 semester. With support from the program, the graduate students, who are in their final year of a master's or PhD program, will conduct research in the areas of AI, machine learning, and data   more