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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Each January, MIT hosts a four-week term known as Independent Activities Period (IAP). This year, though, was different: All IAP activities were held online due to Covid-19 restrictions. Like many other IAP instructors, the Department of Biology’s director of outreach, Mandana Sassafar, was facing a dilemma. How could she transfer a fast-paced, hands-on lab class to the virtual realm? Sassanfar has been teaching class 7.102 (Introduction to Molecular Biology Techniques) for over a decade. The class was originally designed to familiarize first-year under...

Credits: Photo: Kelley Travers/MITEI Caption: Karen Tapia-Ahumada, a research scientist and digital learning fellow at MITEI, presents at MITEI’s 2019 Annual Research Conference. Credits: Photo: Kelley Travers/MITEI Caption: Pablo Duenas-Martinez, a research scientist at MITEI, is focused on the long-term outlook for energy systems and how to provide reliable and affordable electricity to all. Credits: Photo: Adelaida Nogales ...

Erkan's Field Diary Primary Menu 25 January 2021 Oxford Internet Institute Online gendered and sexualized abuse and disinformation against women in public life is widespread, and social media platforms are doing too little to stop it, finds a landmark study by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Moonshot CVE, with support from the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford. “Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online” explores gendered abuse and disinformation targeting 13 female p...

Credits: Photos: Samantha Smiley Next image The field of artificial intelligence is moving at a staggering clip, with breakthroughs emerging in labs across MIT. Through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), undergraduates get to join in. In two years, the MIT Quest for Intelligence has placed 329 students in research projects aimed at pushing the frontiers of computing and artificial intelligence, and using these tools to revolutionize how we study the brain, diagnose and treat disease, and search for new materials with mind-boggling proper...

The field of artificial intelligence is moving at a staggering clip, with breakthroughs emerging in labs across MIT. Through the Undergraduate Research...