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An index of “pandemic misery” released this week found that 80% of people involved in the survey experienced hardships in the past year.

As COVID-19 restrictions lift and more of our lives open up, will more Americans need to prove they have been vaccinated to fully return to normal?

December 11, 2015 People who live on the border are very concerned about terrorists – ISIS in particular – crossing the border. The government’s response is to say it’s not the biggest concern because it’s not the greatest area of vulnerability. “There are politicians who want to stoke fears about terrorism or are stoking fears about terrorism,” said Marc Rosenblum, deputy director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. “I do...

If you caught the recent film that won an Oscar, named My Octopus Teacher, there is a possibility of you joining octopus lovers in marveling at the unbelievable intelligence of these complicated and curious animals.

May 25, 2021 China has been rapidly closing the gap with the United States when it comes to research and development investments, experts tell us. But President Joe Biden left the impression in a Michigan speech that the U.S. has already fallen far behind China. “You know, we used to invest more in research and development than any country in the world and China was number eight — or, excuse me, number nine. We now are number eight and China is number one,” Biden said on May 18 at a Ford ...

Previous image Next image Currently, less than 7 percent of high school graduates in the African nation of Eswatini proceed to higher education, according to a 2020 UNICEF study. This troubling fact led Thandolwethu Dlamini, a graduate student in MIT’s Technology and Policy Program, to found The Knowledge Institute (TKI), which earned a $20,000 grant at the 20th annual MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Awards on April 25. TKI is developing a mobile platform to simplify and streamline the college a...

MIT’s second climate action plan, titled Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade, was announced by President L. Rafael Reif, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber, Associate Provost Richard Lester, Dean of Engineering Anantha Chandrakasan, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor in a May 12 email to MIT community members. The email writes that MIT is in a position “to set a standard of climate leadership” and that with the plan, it commits to “a coordinat...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT has released an ambitious new plan for action to address the world’s accelerating climate crisis. The plan, titled “Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade,” includes a broad array of new initiatives and significant expansions of existing programs, to address the needs for new technologies, new policies, and new kinds of outreach to bring the Institute’s expertise to bear on this critical global issue. As MIT President L. Rafael...

Credits: Image: Christopher Harting Next image MIT has released an ambitious new plan for action to address the world’s accelerating climate crisis. The plan, titled “Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade,” includes a broad array of new initiatives and significant expansions of existing programs, to address the needs for new technologies, new policies, and new kinds of outreach to bring the Institute’s expertise to bear on this critic...

Kelly Millenbah recommended as CANR interim dean Email Millenbah currently serves as senior associate dean of the CANR, a position she will retain during her assignment as interim dean beginning on July 1, 2021. EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., has recommended Kelly F. Millenbah, Ph.D., as interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). Pending Board of Trustee appro...