| Radio in a Pandemic | | | | | | WMBR’s Brian Sennett ’13, MEng ’15 writes on the many challenges of keeping MIT’s independent radio station on the air during a pandemic. “Why go into radio,” he asks, “if you don’t have some aspiration of being that voice that is there when people need it?” Full story via WMBR → |
| Covid-19 cases are 12 times higher than reported New research from the MIT Sloan School of Management finds the global spread of Covid-19 is significantly underreported — but we’re also far from herd immunity. Full story via MIT Sloan → |
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| Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale New research shows LIGO’s 40-kilogram mirrors can move in response to tiny quantum effects, revealing the “spooky popcorn of the universe.” Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Guided discovery in teaching structural mechanics By emphasizing the process of discovery, instructors in course 2.001 (Mechanics and Materials I) provide engineering students a career-building foundation. Full story via MIT News | Watch the video → | |
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| Students plumb barriers of sound, space, and sight at MIT Winners of the annual Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize are highlighted in an online exhibition. Full story via Arts at MIT → | |
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| Opinion: The looming threat to voting in person // The Atlantic Professor Charles Stewart III underscores the importance of developing strategies that allow Americans to safely vote in-person for the upcoming presidential election. “The current trajectory in many states suggests that the demand for in-person voting will hugely outstrip the supply of poll workers and polling places,” he writes. “This imbalance erects barriers to voter participation and needlessly jeopardizes the health of poll workers and voters.” Full story via The Atlantic → |
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| A worm’s hidden map for growing new eyes // The New York Times An MIT study explores how flatworm cellular guides appear to provide a roadmap for regeneration. The work may assist “scientists interested in helping humans regenerate injured neurons.” Full story via The New York Times → |
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| Happenings | | | We are recommending just one virtual event this week, a combined screening and discussion of filmmaker Ken Burns’ 2012 documentary “The Central Park Five,” presented by MIT Global Studies and Languages.
How to participate:
1. Watch a prerecorded introduction to the film from MIT professor of history Craig Steven Wilder at the time of your choosing.
2. Watch a free screening of “The Central Park Five” at the time of your choosing (Touchstone login required).
3. On Friday, July 10, at 5:30 p.m. EDT, join a discussion group led by Craig Steven Wilder. More information and links to participate → |
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