| Naturally Engineered Structures | | | | | Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller and members of her research group are developing a strategy for “upcycling” discarded tree forks to use as structural components in construction. “The greatest value you can give to a material is to give it a load-bearing role in a structure,” Mueller says. |
| Understanding the war in Ukraine At a recent seminar, MIT faculty analyzed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. |  |
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| New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020 The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact. |  |
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| 2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. |  |
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| Chiamaka Agbasi-Porter: Inspiring futures in STEM Lincoln Laboratory's K–12 outreach coordinator opens doors to opportunities and instills lasting confidence in students. |  |
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| Toward batteries that pack twice as much energy per pound A method for stabilizing the interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries opens new possibilities. |  |
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| It’s high time you heard of J. Kenji López-Alt // The Boston Globe J. Kenji López-Alt ’02, a chef, restaurateur, and writer, has released a new cookbook, “The Wok: Recipes and Techniques.” In his book, “you hear someone who’s giving you all kinds of alternatives in recipes, in the techniques, in the way you operate in your kitchen.” |
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| Opinion: Ukraine is winning the information war // The Washington Post “While it is hard to pinpoint the extent to which the information war is contributing to the overwhelming international unity against Putin’s aggression, one thing is clear: Social media, mainstream media, and the narrative framing of the invasion of Ukraine undoubtedly will play an important role in how this conflict ends,” writes Professor Sinan Aral. |
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| Trailblazing women in science // Science World |
Professor Anne White, head of MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, is featured in a piece highlighting many groundbreaking contributions of women in science. White thinks “nuclear fusion has the potential to become a revolutionary energy source and is developing ways to make that possible.” |
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| Opinion: Stop financing Putin’s war machine. Cut off Russia’s oil and gas sales // The Los Angeles Times Professor Simon Johnson and Oleg Ustenko, an economic advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, emphasize the importance of the U.S. cutting off oil and gas sales from Russia. |
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| | | People from across MIT gathered outside the Student Center on March 3 for a candlelight rally to support MIT’s Ukrainian community and condemn attacks on Ukraine by Russian forces. Students shared personal stories of loved ones in Ukraine who are evacuating to neighboring countries, sheltering from attacks, or joining resistance efforts. Others offered perspectives on the war’s global impact. “It was great to see so many people that I’ve never met before come together,” said Ukrainian third-year student Mariia Smyk. “It was such a powerful experience.” |
| | | On International Women’s Day, we highlighted Maria (Kivisild) Ogrydziak ’69, an MIT alumna who made a name for herself thinking outside the walls. Ogrydziak was one of about 50 women in a class of 1,000 at MIT, and often the only woman in her classes. “It was a big part of my MIT experience to break through what I perceived as being the same old, same old,” she says. In one project, she designed her own classroom off the Infinite Corridor, filling it with brightly colored furniture and floor tiles. She was also elected Undergraduate Association president — the first architecture student, first international student, and first woman to hold the post. Now an architect living in the Central Valley of California, Ogrydziak frequently builds projects that connect people to the landscape and to one another. |
| | | It’s that time again! MIT Regular Action decisions will be available online Monday, March 14 (Pi Day) at 6:28 p.m. ET (Tau Time). A new student-created video with artwork by Angela Zhang, Emily Han, and Audrey Cui and music by Karthik Nair previews the MIT-verse that awaits admitted applicants. |
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