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Fall 2020

Pandemic Shifts World of Work

Erin Kelly sees opportunities for making jobs better

Winter 2017

Neri Oxman’s Krebs Cycle of Creativity

Professor Kate Brown studies how human behaviors lead to disasters such as the 1986 nuclear explosion in Chernobyl, left, and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, right. Photos (left): Francois Lochon / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images; (right): Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Fall 2020

Unnatural Disasters

Historian links health consequences to human actions

Fall 2020

Designing the Future

At MIT, a young architect finds the perfect platform for collaborative learning

Gregor '92 and Melinda Andrade. Photo: Chris Taggart

Fall 2020

Scholarship Brings Support Full Circle

Gregor ’92 and Melinda Andrade

Fall 2020

Public Health Drives Undergrad

Shulammite Lim works toward better access, information for all

Assoc. Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.
Photo: Ed Quinn

Winter 1999

The Psychology of Spending

Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.