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For Consumers, the Economic Light Is Pretty Dim

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-consumers-the-economic-light-is-pretty-dim-food-shopping-sixties-214d0230

Making a Movement: The History and Future of Human Rights

 https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/human-rights/making-movement-history-and-future-human-rights

Six Ways AI Could Disrupt Your Business

 https://hbr.org/2024/01/6-ways-ai-could-disrupt-your-business

Want Better Democracy? Let’s Talk

 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/01/want-better-democracy-lets-talk/

Know Your HBS Staff: June Dever

https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/june-dever.aspx

3 Questions: What can graduate students expect from MIT’s newest grad housing option?

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-what-can-graduate-students-expect-graduate-junction-0131

Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?

 https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/01/can-second-generation-ethanol-production-help-decarbonize-the-world

Simons Center’s collaborative approach propels autism research, at MIT and beyond

https://news.mit.edu/2024/simons-center-collaborative-approach-propels-autism-research-0130

Nancy Hopkins awarded the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal

https://news.mit.edu/2024/nancy-hopkins-nas-public-welfare-medal-0130

Creating new skills and new connections with MIT’s Quantitative Methods Workshop

https://news.mit.edu/2024/quantitative-methods-workshop-0130

MIT, Applied Materials, and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub to bring 200mm advanced research capabilities to MIT.nano

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-applied-materials-nemc-hub-advanced-research-capabilities-mit-nano-0130

New MIT.nano equipment to accelerate innovation in “tough tech” sectors

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-mit-nano-equipment-accelerate-innovation-0130

DNA particles that mimic viruses hold promise as vaccines

https://news.mit.edu/2024/dna-particles-mimic-viruses-hold-promise-vaccines-0130

AgeLab’s Bryan Reimer named to US Department of Transportation innovation committee

https://news.mit.edu/2024/agelab-researcher-bryan-reimer-named-us-department-transportation-innovation-committee-0129

Middle-school students meet a beam of electrons, and excitement results

https://news.mit.edu/2024/middle-school-students-meet-beam-electrons-excitement-results-0129

Study: Smart devices’ ambient light sensors pose imaging privacy risk

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-smart-devices-ambient-light-sensors-pose-imaging-privacy-risk-0129

Astronomers spot 18 black holes gobbling up nearby stars

https://news.mit.edu/2024/astronomers-spot-eighteen-black-holes-gobbling-nearby-stars-0129

Opening the doorway to drawing

https://news.mit.edu/2024/opening-doorway-drawing-class-0128

School of Engineering fourth quarter 2024 awards

https://news.mit.edu/2024/school-engineering-fourth-quarter-awards-0126

Microsoft’s Bing Market Share Barely Budged With ChatGPT Add-On

 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/microsoft-s-bing-market-share-barely-budged-with-chatgpt-add-on-1.2023518

Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates

 https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/homeward-bound-how-migrants-seek-out-familiar-climates

Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators

https://news.mit.edu/2024/susan-solomon-vinfuture-award-female-innovators-0126

Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-stars-travel-more-slowly-milky-ways-edge-0126

Entrepreneur creates career pathways with MIT OpenCourseWare

https://news.mit.edu/2024/entrepreneur-creates-career-pathways-mit-opencourseware-0125

Performance art and science collide as students experience “Blue Man Group”

https://news.mit.edu/2024/performance-art-science-collide-blue-man-group-0125

Printing furniture with liquid metal

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93W-CiOT4A

Unlocking history with geology and genetics

https://news.mit.edu/2024/fatima-husain-unlocking-history-geology-genetics-0125

Researchers demonstrate rapid 3D printing with liquid metal

https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-demonstrate-rapid-3d-printing-liquid-metal-0125

MIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces finalists for second competition

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-faculty-founder-initiative-announces-finalists-second-competition-0124

Q&A: What sets the recent Japan earthquake apart from others?

https://news.mit.edu/2024/qa-what-sets-recent-japan-earthquake-apart-others-0124

Generating the policy of tomorrow

https://news.mit.edu/2024/generating-policy-of-tomorrow-0124

Faculty, staff, students to evaluate ways to decarbonize MIT's campus

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-faculty-staff-students-evaluate-ways-decarbonize-mit-campus-0124

Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation

https://news.mit.edu/2024/qa-atacama-biomaterials-blueprint-sustainable-innovation-0124

Personalized, 3D-printed sneaker designs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJxg7fDQgl0

An innovative side of sneaker design

https://youtu.be/IXiTxDKamcg?si=z3-k3BDQ5HR81oVe

New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-tool-predicts-flood-risk-hurricanes-warming-climate-0124

New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-model-predicts-how-shoe-properties-affect-runners-performance-0124

What to do about AI in health?

https://news.mit.edu/2024/what-to-do-about-ai-in-health-0123

Rowing in the right direction

https://news.mit.edu/2024/rowing-right-direction-tatum-wilhelm-0123

Professor Emeritus Peter Schiller, a pioneer researcher of the visual system, dies at 92

https://news.mit.edu/2024/professor-emeritus-peter-schiller-dies-0123

Award shines a spotlight on local science journalism

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/award-shines-spotlight-local-science-journalism-0122

Remembering Elise O’Hara, Media Lab staff member

https://news.mit.edu/2024/remembering-elise-o-hara-0122

Solving complex problems with technology and varied perspectives at Sphere Las Vegas

https://news.mit.edu/2024/solving-complex-problems-sphere-las-vegas-jared-miller-0122

How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background

https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-brain-responds-reward-socioeconomic-background-0122

A new drug candidate can shrink kidney cysts

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-drug-candidate-can-shrink-kidney-cysts-0122

Getfit, MIT Health’s winter exercise challenge, turns 20 in 2024

https://news.mit.edu/2024/getfit-winter-exercise-challenge-turns-20-0119

Blueprint Labs launches a charter school research collaborative

https://news.mit.edu/2024/blueprint-labs-launches-charter-school-research-collaborative-0119

Baran Mensah: Savoring college life in a new country

https://news.mit.edu/2024/baran-mensah-savoring-college-life-new-country-0119

Researchers improve blood tests’ ability to detect and monitor cancer

https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-improve-blood-tests-ability-detect-monitor-cancer-0118

New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk prediction

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-hope-early-pancreatic-cancer-intervention-ai-based-risk-prediction-0118

Meeting the clean energy needs of tomorrow

https://news.mit.edu/2024/meeting-clean-energy-needs-tomorrow-0118

Reasoning and reliability in AI

https://news.mit.edu/2024/reasoning-and-reliability-in-ai-0118

Evidence that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders is emerging

https://news.mit.edu/2024/evidence-gamma-rhythm-stimulation-can-treat-neurological-disorders-emerging-0118

MedLinks volunteers aid students in residence halls with minor medical issues

https://news.mit.edu/2024/medlinks-volunteers-aid-students-minor-medical-issues-0118

Business schools pushed to provide a more responsible education

 https://www.ft.com/content/403cc36e-870d-4c10-82f0-9d2b26dfe2ab

Cobalt-free batteries could power cars of the future

https://news.mit.edu/2024/cobalt-free-batteries-could-power-future-cars-0118

Study reveals a universal pattern of brain wave frequencies

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-reveals-universal-pattern-brain-wave-frequencies-0118

Self-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy

https://news.mit.edu/2024/self-powered-sensor-harvests-magnetic-energy-0118

Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health

https://news.mit.edu/2024/stratospheric-safety-standards-how-aviation-could-steer-ai-health-regulation-0117

The art of being FLI

https://news.mit.edu/2024/art-of-being-fli-0117

John Buttrick, celebrated pianist and former director of music at MIT, dies at 88

https://news.mit.edu/2024/john-buttrick-dies-0117

K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities

https://news.mit.edu/2024/k-lisa-yang-global-engineering-research-gear-center-0117

Soaring high, in the Army and the lab

https://news.mit.edu/2024/jill-rahon-soaring-high-army-lab-0117

question for MIT and WSJ: is russia or china the world leader in generative AI or is it really the UK ?? @mit @wsj

3 Questions: Renaud Fournier on transforming MIT’s digital landscape

https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-renaud-fournier-transforming-mit-digital-landscape-0116

How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack

https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/01/how-solarwinds-responded-to-the-2020-sunburst-cyberattack?ab=HP-bottom-podcast-text-1

The MBAs Who Can’t Find Jobs

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-m-b-a-s-who-cant-find-jobs-669cc1fa

Hive to Honey Jar workshop🍯🐝

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE1sOdrZH4s

Study reveals a reaction at the heart of many renewable energy technologies

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-reveals-electrode-reaction-renewable-energy-technologies-0116

3 Questions: Implementing the MIT Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement

https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-implementing-mit-graduate-student-union-collective-bargaining-agreement-0116

Expanding the conversation about aging

https://news.mit.edu/2024/expanding-conversation-about-aging-0112

This nonprofit is proving that creating good jobs is good business

https://news.mit.edu/2024/nonprofit-good-jobs-institute-0112

Michael John Gorman named MIT Museum director

https://news.mit.edu/2024/michael-john-gorman-named-mit-museum-director-0111

Diving into nuclear submarines

https://news.mit.edu/2024/diving-into-nuclear-submarines-0111

Five Signs Your Job's 'Hybrid Office' Policy Is Actually Toxic

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hybrid-office-job-toxic-signs_l_65971136e4b0f27b6e36ca5b

The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEVg89ANnp4

Turning history of science into a comic adventure

https://news.mit.edu/2024/turning-science-history-comic-adventure-0111

Three honored with 2023 School of Science teaching prizes

https://news.mit.edu/2024/three-honored-school-science-teaching-prizes-0110

Researchers release open-source space debris model

https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-release-open-source-space-debris-model-0110

Food for thought

https://news.mit.edu/2024/food-for-thought-juana-de-la-o-0110

Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69

https://news.mit.edu/2024/meche-professor-practice-richard-wiesman-dies-0110

Bridging the gap between preschool policy, practice, and research

https://news.mit.edu/2024/bridging-gap-between-preschool-policy-practice-research-0110

Meet Three People Who Landed Jobs without a Bachelor’s Degree and Don’t Have to Worry about Paying off Student Debt

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-job-without-college-degree-student-debt-bachelors-2024-1

For the love of speed: Building a hydrogen-powered motorcycle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUj7Hy7yq-0

Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time

https://news.mit.edu/2024/noninvasive-technique-reveals-cells-gene-expression-changes-0110

The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen

https://news.mit.edu/2024/future-motorcycles-could-be-hydrogen-0110

3 Questions: A new home for music at MIT

https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-keeril-makan-new-mit-music-building-0109

A new way to swiftly eliminate micropollutants from water

https://news.mit.edu/2024/zwitterionic-hydrogels-swiftly-eliminate-micropollutants-from-water-0109

Shell joins MIT.nano Consortium

https://news.mit.edu/2024/shell-joins-mitnano-consortium-0109

Multiple AI models help robots execute complex plans more transparently

https://news.mit.edu/2024/multiple-ai-models-help-robots-execute-complex-plans-more-transparently-0108

Co-creating climate futures with real-time data and spatial storytelling

https://news.mit.edu/2024/co-creating-climate-futures-real-time-data-spatial-storytelling-worlding-0108

Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications

https://news.mit.edu/2024/peds-technique-could-efficiently-solve-partial-differential-equations-0108

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids

https://news.mit.edu/2024/stripes-flowing-liquid-crystal-suggest-chiral-fluids-0108

Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection

https://news.mit.edu/2024/inhalable-sensors-early-lung-cancer-detection-0105

Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering

https://news.mit.edu/2024/improving-patient-safety-using-principles-aerospace-engineering-0104

Inclusive research for social change

https://news.mit.edu/2024/inclusive-research-social-change-0104

Researchers 3D print components for a portable mass spectrometer

https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-3d-print-components-portable-mass-spectrometer-0104

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Inventors for 2023

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-community-members-elected-national-academy-inventors-0103

AI agents help explain other AI systems

https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-agents-help-explain-other-ai-systems-0103

Not all failures are created equally, says Harvard expert—how to learn from your mistakes more easily

 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/21/harvard-professor-dont-fail-fast-fail-often-fail-intelligently.html

ChatGPT Helps, and Worries, Business Consultants, Study Finds

 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/science/chatgpt-business-consultants.html

Complex, unfamiliar sentences make the brain’s language network work harder

https://news.mit.edu/2024/complex-unfamiliar-sentences-brains-language-network-0103

Building technology that empowers city residents

https://news.mit.edu/2024/kwesi-afrifa-creating-cultural-hubs-0103

Climate action, here and now

https://news.mit.edu/2023/david-hsu-climate-action-0102