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Discovering community and cultural connections
Discovering community and cultural connections

A joint humanities and engineering major, senior Grace McMillan is setting her sights on a legal career focused on education policy reform.

MIT Supply Chain Management Program earns top honors in three 2024 rankings
MIT Supply Chain Management Program earns top honors in three 2024 rankings

MIT has been a world leader in supply chain management education and research for more than five decades.

New treatment could reverse hair loss caused by an autoimmune skin disease
New treatment could reverse hair loss caused by an autoimmune skin disease

A microneedle patch that delivers immune-regulating molecules can teach T cells not to attack hair follicles, helping hair to regrow.

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water
Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

Jonathan Bessette and Akash Ball have been named 2024-25 J-WAFS Fellows for water treatment technologies.

Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales
Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales

MIT CSAIL and Project CETI researchers reveal complex communication patterns in sperm whales, deepening our understanding of animal language systems.

“Pathways to Invention” documentary debuts on PBS, streaming
“Pathways to Invention” documentary debuts on PBS, streaming

An award-winning documentary co-produced by the Lemelson-MIT Program celebrates invention, innovation, and curiosity.

This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces
This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces

Researchers engineered a hair-thin fabric to create a lightweight, compact, and efficient mechanism to reduce noise transmission in a large room.

William Green named director of MIT Energy Initiative
William Green named director of MIT Energy Initiative

In his new role, the professor of chemical engineering plans to speed up the consensus process among academics, business leaders, and policymakers for a successful energy transition.

President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AI
President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AI

The conversation in Kresge Auditorium touched on the promise and perils of the rapidly evolving technology.

Creating bespoke programming languages for efficient visual AI systems
Creating bespoke programming languages for efficient visual AI systems

Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley optimizes how computer graphics and images are processed for the hardware of today and tomorrow.

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