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MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.
Top Institute stories dealt with a presidential inauguration, international accolades for faculty and students, “Dialogues Across Difference,” new and refreshed community spaces, and more.
MIT’s chancellor takes stock of early efforts and details the Institute’s new “Standing Together Against Hate” initiative.
MIT community members gathered with local, state, and federal leaders in Kendall Square for a ceremony marking a milestone in the area’s transformation.
The 27 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.![Barbis landed in the office of MIT President Sally Kornbluth, along with several time-traveling Barbies. The project was presented by incoming first-year students in the Interphase EDGE/x program managed by the Office of Minority Education and MIT Edgerton Center. “This exemplifies the creativity, the innovation, and the technical know-how of MIT students, and I’m amazed they created this in their first hour [as undergraduates],” Kornbluth said.](/sites/default/files/styles/cover_image/public/images/news/barbis-ellen-patton-a1_0.jpg?itok=X-BXKn3F)
For Interphase EDGE/x participants, a life-sized Barbie-themed TARDIS prompts reflections on social norms.