Investing in the Other Classroom
An interview with Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson
Spring 2017
Home @ MIT
P-sets in the hallway, construction projects in the courtyard, conversations that start (but don’t end) in the classroom or lab. Moment by moment, students build campus life. About the cover
Setting a Place
Alumni anchor their support of student life in the highlights of their own MIT years
Habitat
Students reveal their favorite spots on campus
Live, Learn, and Lead
How an address becomes a community
Play Dates
What’s the MIT definition of fun?
Building Traditions
With power tools and imagination, students turn residence halls into campus destinations
From the President
Spotlight
Spotlight
A Day in the Westgate Life
For a resident grad student, the campus encompasses work, family, and community
The Magnetism of a Digital-Era Campus
A graduate student analyzes MIT’s physical pathways of collaboration
Acquaintance by Algorithm
MIT Connect, launched by two grad students, is building community one lunch at a time
Five New Landmarks to Watch for in Kendall Square
Seven years in the making, the Kendall Square Initiative has broken ground
The Motivators
Close-up on volunteers: advocating for MIT
From MIT to Biotech and Back Again
Brian Daniels ’81, SM ’81
The Art of Understanding
Ron ’64, SM ’65, PhD ’67 and Barbara Cordover: a new chapter for the MIT Museum
Next Stops on the Better World Tour
This fall: the tour comes home to Boston
Automation and Interpretation
Behind the syllabus of an instructor-graded philosophy MOOC
A (How Not to) Crash Course
The basics of DIY electric vehicles
Seeing the Light
Aging Brain Initiative researchers discover a potential Alzheimer’s therapy
Hidden Tides
The effects of huge, undersea waves run deep
Radical Transparency
Catherine Turco analyzes a managerial experiment from the inside out
The Foundation of Democracy
Bruno Perreau examines challenges to the status quo in his native France
Energy Endgame
What might a landscape shaped by oil look like when the world no longer relies on fossil fuels?