Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025

April 24, 2025
MIT News
Six MIT faculty members are among the nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 23. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to […]
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Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT

April 17, 2025
Katherine Ouellette MIT Open Learning
As technology rapidly propels society forward, MIT is rethinking how it prepares students to face the world and its greatest challenges. Generations of educators have shared knowledge at MIT by connecting lessons to practical applications, but what does the Institute’s motto “mens et manus” (“mind and hand”), referring to hands-on learning, look like in the […]
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Adam Berinsky awarded Carnegie fellowship

April 17, 2025
Department of Political Science
MIT political scientist Adam Berinsky has been named to the 2025 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows, a high-profile honor for scholars pursuing research in the social sciences and humanities. The fellowship is provided by The Carnegie Corp. of New York. Berinsky, the Mitsui Professor of Political Science, and 25 other fellows were selected from more than […]
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How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

April 17, 2025
Peter Dizikes MIT News
At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients. Roughly one-fifth of those get a new kidney each year, but others die while waiting. In short, the demand for kidneys makes it important to think about how we use the limited supply. A study co-authored by an […]
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The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building opens with Sonic Jubilance

April 16, 2025
Matilda Bathurst Arts at MIT
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the German polymath whose life and work embodied the connections between the arts and sciences, is said to have described architecture as “frozen music.”  When the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT had its public opening earlier this year, the temperature outside may have been below freezing but […]
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