CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * In class 2.679 (Electronics for Mechanical Systems II) a hands-on approach provides the skills engineers use to create and solve problems. * * * By Michaela Jarvis, Department of Mechanical Engineering MIT class 2.679 (Electronics for Mechanical Systems II) offers a sort of alchemy that transforms students from consumers of knowledge to explorers and innovators, and equ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 15, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture today announced 19 arts and cultural grantees are receiving funding totaling $2.37 million in the first round of Neighborhood and Downtown Activation Grants. Funding in round one ranges from $5,000 one-time grants up to $450,000 disbursed over three years for major investments in city-wide arts experiences. This program supports comm  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 16 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus and MassHousing CEO Chrystal Kornegay to announce the Commercial Conversion Initiative, a new planning program that will revitalize downtown and other commercial areas and spur housing creation. The planning initiative, based at MassHousi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the establishment of the Office of the Energy Transformation (OET) and the appointment of Melissa Lavinson as its Executive Director. The Office will be housed within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and is charged with the hands-on execution of the clean energy tr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Professors Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. * * * By Meghan Burke, Registrar's Office Four outstanding undergraduate teachers and mentors have been named MacVicar Faculty Fellows: professor of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Karl Berggren, professor of political science Andrea Campbell,  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Moved by the human devastation and scientific conundrum of Alzheimer's, William Li seeks to work on therapies for the disease. * * * By Angelina Parrillo, MIT News correspondent The mathematician and computer scientist Richard Hamming once gave a talk about doing great research. "He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Chen Chu explores the global relevance of local floodplain resilience strategies, and brings to the Morningside Academy his unique perspective in political ecology and urban design. * * * By Matilda Bathurst, MIT Morningside Academy for Design For Chen Chu MArch '21, the invitation to join the 2023-24 cohort of Morningside Academy for Design Design Fellows has been an un  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * With Project MADMEN, two MIT students experience the challenges and bonding associated with a Mars analog mission. * * * By Rachel Ornitz, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Earlier this year, Madelyn Hoying, a PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, and Wing Lam (Nicole) Chan, an MIT senior in aeronautics and astronautics, wer  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new algorithm reduces travel time by identifying shortcuts a robot could take on the way to its destination. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News If a robot traveling to a destination has just two possible paths, it needs only to compare the routes' travel time and probability of success. But if the robot is traversing a complex environment with many possible paths, choosing  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Too much livestock on a given amount of land can lead to carbon losses, but appropriate numbers can actually help sequester the carbon. * * * By David L. Chandler, MIT News When it comes to global climate change, livestock grazing can be either a blessing or a curse, according to a new study, which offers clues on how to tell the difference. If managed properly, the s  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Employees underestimate salary levels in their own industry, leading them to spend less time exploring the job market. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Many employees believe their counterparts at other firms make less in salary than is actually the case -- an assumption that costs them money, according to a study co-authored by MIT scholars. "Workers wrongly anchor t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mike Leard, a partner in Nutter's Litigation Department and member of its Product Liability practice group, discussed with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly a recent ruling from the District of Massachusetts requiring plaintiffs in the Zofran multidistrict litigation to reimburse the defendant for the costs it incurred to obtain their medical records. In the article, "MDL plaintiffs stuck with $430K in copying  more