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November 2020

In March, MIT shuttered nearly all its on-campus research operations. Here’s how the labs are reopening.

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Research in the time of covid
In March, MIT shuttered nearly all its on-campus research operations. Here’s how the labs are reopening.
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The long path to inclusivity
Ten years after the Hammond report recommended ways to increase faculty diversity at MIT, little has changed.
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A small-pond fish in the sea
When I dove into the MIT ocean, I had no idea how crushingly large it would feel. But MIT can’t help students feel at home without understanding what they don’t know.
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Engineering while Black
Reckoning with Blackness as a first-generation immigrant at MIT.
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A front-row seat to #BlackLivesMatter
I'm an aspiring engineer with many passions. But to some people, simply being Black and female makes me inherently lazy, inferior, and undeserving.
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Taking action for the common good
Broad in scope, large in ambition: MIT’s Climate Grand Challenges
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Face value
A brain region believed to specialize in identifying faces plays that role even in people who were born blind.
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Toward better blades
MIT researchers have discovered how human hair can chip away a razor’s edge.
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A mask mandate could have saved thousands
How much do wearing masks and staying home reduce the spread of covid-19? A new study has some numbers.
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Covid-19’s sunny side
Lockdowns eliminated so much pollution that solar panels were able to produce more power.
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Covid symptoms may hide in speech
Signal processing reveals that patients speak differently before any other signs are detectable.
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