To the Letter
In the Zhang lab, a leap forward in CRISPR-based genome editing offers precision RNA fixes with major therapeutic implications
Spring 2018
The first step in repairing something is to understand how it works. At MIT, the next step is imagining how it could work even better than before. Plus: a special section on human and machine intelligence.
Greening the Block
Anne Whiston Spirn has made the West Philadelphia Landscape Project a model of urban restoration and community empowerment
Redefining Resilience
MIT experts mobilize to help hurricane-struck islands not only repair, but rebuild for a safer future
Implications, Discoveries, Applications
A sampling of MIT research underway in the realm of human and machine intelligence
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Running the Course
Programming mini autonomous cars during IAP
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A Vision for Human and Machine Intelligence
Advancing the science and engineering of intelligence for the benefit of society
Shore Lines
The Nepf lab is helping to restore wetlands by modeling how and why they are so beneficial
Discovery Science
Why the Focus on Human Intelligence?
MIT’s head of brain and cognitive sciences explains the neuroscience/AI connection
Building the STEM-Capable Workforce of the Future
Why it’s time for policies that expand the nation’s vision for science and engineering education
Plumbing the Depths of Neural Nets
On a quest to demystify deep learning, Tomaso Poggio glimpses tantalizing implications for human intelligence
The MIT Intelligence Quest
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research
Health of the Planet
New Life for Metals
Cem Tasan aims to invent repairable, reusable alloys
Detecting Leaks from Inside the Pipe
A soft robot that senses the suction of escaping water
The Final Yard
The International Policy Lab helps faculty ideas take those last critical steps into the corridors of power
Framing Uncertainty
A landmark platform models the range of ways a changing climate may affect humanity, and vice versa
Human Health
To Your Health
From head to toe, MIT remedies for what ails us
Tool Box
MIT-made online resources address Haitian education, banking reform, and global development
An Emphasis on Health
Retsef Levi and colleagues are helping to create a medical system focused on improving patient outcomes
Breaking the Bottleneck in Genetic Engineering
A startup backed by The Engine harnesses microfluidics to reprogram cells with unprecedented speed
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Automation and the Future of Work
An Institute-wide task force examines how innovation is reshaping the job market
Education Meets Innovation
Hemant ’97, MNG ’99 and Jessica Taneja
Rooted in Personal History, a Gift for Today’s Students
Caroline Huang SM ’85, PhD ’91 and Mike Phillips
Why Do You Ask?
The power of wanting to know
Teaching Learning and Living
A Fresh Look at the First Year
A design subject engages students as both stakeholders and problem solvers
Vice Chancellor Ian Waitz on First-Year Design, the MIT Way
“We have 50 brilliant young minds working 12 hours a week on how to improve the first year”
Minding the Gap
The first US-focused MIT Sloan action learning course grapples with the divides in American society
How to Make Almost Anything Better
A grad student debugs, with a little help from her friends