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MIT Open Learning reaches all the way to the South Pole
John Della Costa uses OpenCourseWare to engage fellow Antarctica “winterovers” in physics content, and to build community.
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MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 70 graduating seniors
The national academic honor society champions education in the arts and sciences.
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The long history of vaccine hesitancy
Thomas Levenson’s new book shows how arguments against vaccination reach back to the beginning of the technology itself.
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Building bridges through experiences
Living Climate Futures Symposium brings together humanities, sciences, and institutions to strengthen both social justice movements and research.
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Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heat
Low-cost personal cooling and emissions-free air conditioning among ideas studied with MIT’s Climate Project seed funding.
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In the media
The AI boom tests the limits of growth
Axios
Trump confronts limits to US power to secure Strait of Hormuz
Bloomberg
The old career mindset is dead. The system already knows. Most leaders don’t
Forbes
Need long-term care? Many middle-class families are out of luck.
The Boston Globe
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