A core chemistry course that activates engagement, even beyond the MIT campus
From the President
President's Letter: The Grand Challenge of Human Health
In this space last spring, I described a simple, unifying vision for MIT’s campaign: to make a better world. I believe we should see the MIT Campaign for a Better
Spotlight
Seven Ways Data Are Making a Difference
New technologies and ballooning data sets allow us to model problems and test solutions in ways inconceivable just a decade ago. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the efforts
Data and Health
Working with MIMIC: Two Student Perspectives
SuperUROP, launched in 2012, is an expanded version of MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Hosted by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and now open to students
From the Vault
A Droneport in Venice
Data into Action
Medical tech entrepreneur and investor Zen Chu on the digital reinvention of health care
Holographic Images
By Eve Downing Just inside the entrance of the MIT Museum’s holography exhibit hangs a life-sized hologram of Dennis Gabor, the late inventor of holography, sitting at a desk. The
Data-driven Spinouts with Big Impact
The combination of expert MIT faculty and entrepreneurial MIT students and alumni is a powerful one. Young companies with MIT origins are leveraging data to improve human health in bold,
By Genevieve Rajewski Last year, the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) teamed up with MIT Medical to develop an iPhone app called getfit@mit. The app was used
Astrophysicist Anna Frebel studies the oldest stars for clues about how the universe was formed
Could chemicals key to sustainable technologies pose unseen environmental risks?
Intensive Analysis
A clinical database of unprecedented scope opens new avenues for improving critical care
Collectors’ Items
A closer look at two next-generation devices for capturing medical data
