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Making Workplaces Safer Through Machine Learning

 https://www.theregreview.org/2024/02/26/johnson-levine-toffel-making-workplaces-safer-through-machine-learning/

AI for MBAs? One Harvard Business School lecturer is giving it a shot

 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/27/business/harvard-business-school-ai-chatgpt/

Professor Edward Roberts, management scholar, champion of entrepreneurship, and “MIT icon,” dies at 88

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/professor-edward-roberts-management-scholar-dies-0229

How cognition changes before dementia hits

https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-cognition-changes-before-dementia-0229

The MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices recipients for 2024

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-press-grant-program-diverse-voices-recipients-0228

3 Questions: Shaping the future of work in an age of AI

https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-shaping-future-work-age-of-ai-0228

This is MIT

https://youtu.be/wVvR4j37S6Y?si=gVnex6QIBqYSQny3

How early-stage cancer cells hide from the immune system

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-early-stage-cancer-cells-hide-immune-system-0228

Know Your HBS Staff: Aleksandra Kojić

 https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/aleksandra-kojic.aspx

Investigating and preserving Quechua

https://news.mit.edu/2024/investigating-and-preserving-quechua-0228

Study unlocks nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-unlocks-nanoscale-secrets-tuning-perovskites-0228

Explained: Carbon credits

https://news.mit.edu/2024/explained-carbon-credits-0228

Moving past the Iron Age

https://news.mit.edu/2024/moving-past-iron-age-sydney-johnson-0228

Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/sadhana-lolla-gates-cambridge-scholar-0227

How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?

https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/02/how-could-harvard-decarbonize-its-supply-chain

The US Is Known for Designing Chips, Not Making Them. Can the Chips Act Funding Change That?

 https://www.marketplace.org/2024/02/21/the-us-is-known-for-designing-chips-not-making-them-can-the-chips-act-funding-change-that/

New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-ai-model-could-streamline-operations-robotic-warehouse-0227

Cybersecurity software wins a 2024 Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer Award

https://news.mit.edu/2024/tasr-wins-flc-excellence-technology-transfer-award-0226

“We offer another place for knowledge”

https://news.mit.edu/2024/we-offer-another-place-knowledge-0226

Generative AI for smart grid modeling

https://news.mit.edu/2024/generative-ai-smart-grid-modeling-0226

Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve

https://news.mit.edu/2024/pienso-putting-user-friendly-ai-problem-solving-0226

Antisemitism Working Group Q+A

 https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/antisemitism-working-group.aspx

Honoring the History of Black Americans in the Military

https://youtu.be/SG3Dd3dyG1w?si=kTsidN55hSRnnMOx

Jamillah Williams FINAL

https://youtu.be/owaN9B9dhMw?si=uvDM1OERt3C9lAbQ

Faces of MIT: Lydia Brosnahan

https://news.mit.edu/2024/faces-of-mit-lydia-brosnahan-0223

Rock Center Faculty Co-Chairs Q+A

https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/rock-center-faculty-chairs.aspx

MIT engineers 3D print the electromagnets at the heart of many electronics

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-3d-print-electromagnets-solenoids-0223

Nourishing the mind, hand, and stomach

https://news.mit.edu/2024/branden-spitzer-nourishing-mind-hand-stomach-0223

MLK Celebration Gala pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and his writings on “the goal of true education”

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mlk-celebration-gala-pays-tribute-martin-luther-king-jr-0222

OPEN DAY 2024 I SATURDAY, 24 FEB I 10.30 AM - 5 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgIjnnL884

Winterfest 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gfzuBoFNZ0

A Leader's Guide To Navigating Through Crisis

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paolacecchi-dimeglio/2024/02/19/a-leaders-guide-to-navigating-through-crisis/?sh=66d107e511d7

CHIPS Act Support For GlobalFoundries Will Strengthen Key Domestic Capabilities

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2024/02/19/chips-act-support-for-globalfoundries-will-strengthen-key-domestic-capabilities/?sh=1e8ff01917ec

How Companies Should Weigh In on a Controversy

https://hbr.org/2024/03/how-companies-should-weigh-in-on-a-controversy

Researchers harness 2D magnetic materials for energy-efficient computing

https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-harness-2d-magnetic-materials-energy-efficient-computing-0222

Thirty-five outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2024

https://news.mit.edu/2024/thirty-five-mit-students-selected-burchard-scholars-0221

Harvard Study Finds More Companies Are Dropping College Degree Requirements on Job Ads—But Aren’t Actually Changing How They Hire

 https://www.inc.com/brit-morse/harvard-study-companies-dropping-college-degree-requirements-job-ads-arent-changing-how-hire.html

Should Pay Be More Transparent?

 https://www.ft.com/content/b6ba59f6-0027-4574-a46d-cc93390b4737

Intrapreneurship and Opportunity: Empowering Employees to Take Action

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2024/02/15/intrapreneurship-and-opportunity-empowering-employees-to-take-action/?sh=87df2752cbab

Confidence Gap: Qualified Women Less Likely to Apply for Jobs than Men

 https://www.rowingnews.com/confidence-gap/

Harvard Business Prof on Failing Well

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harvard-business-prof-on-failing-well/id306106212?i=1000645770616

Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds

https://news.mit.edu/2024/electrons-become-fractions-graphene-study-finds-0221

Play it again, Spirio

https://news.mit.edu/2024/play-it-again-spirio-0221

Automated method helps researchers quantify uncertainty in their predictions

https://news.mit.edu/2024/automated-method-helps-researchers-quantify-uncertainty-0221

MIT Solve announces 2024 Global Challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-solve-announces-global-challenges-indigenous-communities-fellowship-0220

Smart glove teaches new physical skills

https://news.mit.edu/2024/smart-glove-teaches-new-physical-skills-0220

Jiaoyang Huang, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Named Among 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

https://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2024/02/jiaoyang-huang-assistant-professor-of-statistics-and-data-science-named-among-2024-sloan-research-fellows/

Words as amber: Capturing life in poetry

https://youtu.be/7iEAweiAVGg?si=0ewxDOQewOCrKQ3M

Honoring the History of Black Americans in the Military

 https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/black-americans-in-the-military.aspx

New model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken together

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-model-identifies-drugs-shouldnt-be-taken-together-0220

Jack M. Guttentag

https://news.wharton.upenn.edu/in-memoriam/2024/02/jack-m-guttentag/

This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything

https://news.mit.edu/2024/tiny-tamper-proof-id-tag-can-authenticate-almost-anything-0218

Intelligent Failure Is the Right Kind of Wrong: Amy C Edmondson

 https://www.forbesindia.com/article/mentors-and-mavens/intelligent-failure-is-the-right-kind-of-wrong-amy-c-edmondson/91431/1

Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together

 https://hbr.org/2024/03/retailers-and-health-systems-can-improve-care-together

Stitch3D is powering a new wave of 3D data collaboration

https://news.mit.edu/2024/stitch3d-powering-new-wave-3d-data-collaboration-0216

MIT course aids social connection, better relationships, and happiness

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-course-aids-social-connection-better-relationships-happiness-0215

Hitchhiking cancer vaccine makes progress in the clinic

https://news.mit.edu/2024/hitchhiking-cancer-vaccine-makes-progress-in-clinic-0215

A passion for innovation and education

https://news.mit.edu/2024/passion-for-innovation-education-leon-sandler-0215

With just a little electricity, MIT researchers boost common catalytic reactions

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-boost-common-catalytic-reactions-with-electricity-0215

MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-remotely-map-crops-fields-0215

3 Questions: Why study theater in a German language class?

https://news.mit.edu/2024/qa-why-study-theater-german-language-class-0214

Valentine’s Day Facts–Gifts, Money & More

 https://wallethub.com/blog/valentines-day-facts/10258#expert=Michael_I._Norton

Anantha Chandrakasan named MIT’s inaugural chief innovation and strategy officer

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/anantha-chandrakasan-named-inaugural-chief-innovation-and-strategy-officer-0214

What Is Psychological Safety (And How to Build It)?:

 https://www.tlnt.com/articles/what-is-psychological-safety-and-how-to-build-it

A new test could predict how heart attack patients will respond to mechanical pumps

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-test-predict-heart-attack-patients-response-mechanical-pumps-0214

Using AI to discover stiff and tough microstructures

https://news.mit.edu/2024/using-ai-discover-stiff-tough-microstructures-0214

Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning

https://news.mit.edu/2024/anushree-chaudhuri-renewable-energy-planning-0214

3 Questions: Paloma Duong on the complexities of Cuban culture

https://news.mit.edu/2024/3-questions-paloma-duong-complexities-cuban-culture-book-0214

Robert Langer receives Dr. Paul Janssen Award

https://news.mit.edu/2024/robert-langer-receives-dr-paul-janssen-award-0213

For all humankind

https://news.mit.edu/2024/for-all-humankind-leela-fredlund-0213

Local journalism is a critical “gate” to engage Americans on climate change

https://news.mit.edu/2024/local-journalism-critical-gate-engage-americans-climate-change-0213

Apple’s Dilemma: Balancing Privacy and Safety Responsibilities

https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/02/apples-dilemma-balancing-privacy-and-safety-responsibilities

Notable Women Scientists from IISc

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZw4w6oLAw4

MTech Online Programme Testimonials - Bushra Nazir (AI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiwP9EGZsQs

MTech Online Programme Testimonials - Animesh Kumar (DSBA)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNMV-jaxPc

Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires

https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-measures-psychological-toll-wildfires-0213

A new way to let AI chatbots converse all day without crashing

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-way-let-ai-chatbots-converse-all-day-without-crashing-0213

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2024

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-community-members-elected-national-academy-engineering-0212

Pat McAtamney: Empowering student-led engineering teams

https://news.mit.edu/2024/pat-mcatamney-empowers-student-led-engineering-teams-0212

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-global-deforestation-leads-more-mercury-pollution-0212

MIT community members honored with 2024 Franklin Institute Awards

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-community-members-honored-franklin-institute-awards-0209

This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/ultrasound-sticker-senses-changing-stiffness-deep-internal-organs-0209

Collaborative problem-solving, globally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsHSCCzs3WI

MIT junior Justin Yu crashes “Tetris,” with thanks to the game’s recent “space race”

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/justin-yu-crashes-tetris-0209

Safer skies with self-flying helicopters

https://news.mit.edu/2024/safer-skies-self-flying-helicopters-rotor-technologies-0209

Miguel Zenón, assistant professor of jazz at MIT, wins Grammy Award

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/miguel-zenon-wins-grammy-award-0208

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-middle-manager-of-the-future-more-coaching-less-commanding

Technique could improve the sensitivity of quantum sensing devices

https://news.mit.edu/2024/technique-could-improve-sensitivity-quantum-sensing-devices-0208

Illustrating India’s complex environmental crises

https://news.mit.edu/2024/illustrating-indias-complex-environmental-crises-0207

Scientists develop a low-cost device to make cell therapy safer

https://news.mit.edu/2024/scientists-develop-low-cost-device-safer-cell-therapy-0207

Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light

https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-channels-excite-magnetic-waves-terahertz-light-0206

Reflecting on COP28 — and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals

https://news.mit.edu/2024/reflecting-cop28-progress-toward-meeting-global-climate-goals-0206

Six MIT students selected as spring 2024 MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-pillar-ai-collective-fellows-0206

What Walmart’s New Focus on Employee Stock Means for the Labor Market and Average American Household

 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/03/what-walmarts-new-focus-on-employee-stock-means-for-american-wealth.html

Success Is Good. Failure Is Bad. Any Questions?

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platform-for-success/202402/success-is-good-failure-is-bad-any-questions

Girls Just Want to Have Funds

 https://www.unescap.org/blog/girls-just-want-have-funds

How to Survive Being a 24/7 Boss

 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/being-the-boss-is-hazardous-to-your-health-a728f2f1

Napoleon Ship Model

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5mdL1ktusQ

Remembering MIT Copytech Director Casey Harrington

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/remembering-mit-copytech-director-casey-harrington-0206

MADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts

https://news.mit.edu/2024/madmec-winner-creates-temporary-tattoos-t-shirts-0206

New Program from Wharton Executive Education Shows Business Leaders and Investors How to Invest in and Engage with Fixed-Income Markets and Products

 https://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2024/02/new-program-from-wharton-executive-education-shows-business-leaders-and-investors-how-to-invest-in-and-engage-with-fixed-income-markets-and-products/

MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-led-team-receives-funding-new-treatments-metabolic-disease-0205

MIT researchers map the energy transition’s effects on jobs

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-researchers-map-energy-transitions-effects-jobs-0205

How symmetry can come to the aid of machine learning

https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-symmetry-can-aid-machine-learning-0205

Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/doctors-more-difficulty-diagnosing-diseases-images-darker-skin-0205

How to avoid a “winner’s curse” for social programs

https://news.mit.edu/2024/avoid-winners-curse-social-programs-0205

Scene at MIT: Learning Ikebana during IAP

https://news.mit.edu/2024/scene-mit-learning-ikebana-during-iap-0202

2023 BiGS Latin America Roundtable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE0ha5p7QaA

Fearing a Bond Selloff? History Shows Fed-Fueled Gains Are More Likely

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/fearing-a-bond-selloff-history-shows-fomc-gains-are-more-likely

The Impact Of Truly Generous Charitable Giving As A Business Owner

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2024/01/31/the-impact-of-truly-generous-charitable-giving-as-a-business-owner/?sh=73b70e28eed6

‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash

 https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/intrinsic-joy-sparks-ideas-better-than-cash

How ‘Looking the Part’ Can Help You Get the Job

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/looking-the-part-can-land-job-harvard-research

A chronicler of the biotech boom

https://news.mit.edu/2024/robin-scheffler-chronicler-biotech-boom-0202

Projects investigating Swahili, global media win SHASS Humanities Awards

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/shass-humanities-awards-0201

DiOnetta Jones Crayton: Change-maker at MIT

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/dionetta-jones-crayton-change-maker-mit-0201

Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 to deliver MIT’s 2024 Commencement address

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/noubar-afeyan-2024-commencement-address-0201

A night at the orchestra, with Pokémon on the program

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-video-game-orchestra-night-pokemon-0201

Three Decades In, Amazon Is Still Working to Perfect Its Original Bookstore Business

 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/27/three-decades-in-amazon-still-working-on-its-original-books-business.html

Professor Emeritus Igor Paul, an expert in product design and safety, dies at 87

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/professor-emeritus-igor-paul-dies-0131

MIT Press’s Direct to Open opens access to full list of 2024 monographs

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-presss-direct-open-opens-access-2024-monographs-0131

New fellowship to help advance science journalism in Africa and the Middle East

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-fellowship-advance-science-journalism-africa-middle-east-0131

Blood cell family trees trace how production changes with aging

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/blood-cell-family-trees-trace-how-production-changes-aging-0131

Imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissue

 https://news.mit.edu/2024/imaging-method-reveals-new-cells-structures-human-brain-tissue-0131