Eight students and alumni volunteered to stay on campus during the Covid-19 crisis to keep MIT EMS running. Junior Nathan Han sees his work on the ambulance service as “a great opportunity to give back to the MIT community in a time of necessity.”
Why Europe has kept down pandemic unemployment — and the U.S. hasn’t // The Washington Post
Professor Kathleen Thelen examines the effectiveness of European and U.S. programs aimed at reducing unemployment. Thelen and Anke Hassel of the Hertie School in Germany note, “it isn’t just the size of the assistance package that counts: it is how it is delivered.”
MIT out-MITs itself; builds full scale campus replica on Minecraft // Boston Magazine
MIT community members recreated the MIT campus in Minecraft, providing an opportunity for students to enjoy MIT’s “intensely collaborate culture” from afar.
Researchers say they’ve ID’d cells targeted by coronavirus // The Boston Globe
MIT researchers have identified specific cells that appear to be targeted by coronavirus. They hope their finding will “help scientists working on developing new drug treatments or testing existing medications that could be repurposed for treating Covid-19.”
Tech from MIT may allow caregivers to monitor coronavirus patients from a distance // The Boston Globe
“It really increases the safety that we can provide to doctors, nurses, and staff, and at the same time be able to access information that is otherwise unavailable," explains Professor Dina Katabi.
“This is my new life as a quaranteen Pandemic nation like I’ve never seen
When daily life is full of pathogens and landmines It’s the docs who are fighting on the front lines The rest of us just need a little distance
I want you to know That I miss you And I’ll see you on the other side...”
Take a music break with “Quaranteen,” an original rock song and video by sophomore Kyle Markland, a materials science and engineering major and member of the MIT Symphony Orchestra.
A new episode of Deep Tech, a podcast from MIT Technology Review, tackles the question of what life will look like on the road to a post-pandemic recovery. Host Wade Roush, a research affiliate in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, asks: How do we safely roll back current physical-distancing measures? MIT Technology Review Editor-in-Chief Gideon Lichfield explains the key Covid-19 testing and tracing measures we’ll need before we can think about venturing back to work, school, and other socially dense settings. Listen to the podcast →
