| AI for New Materials | | | | | | | | A new method developed at MIT helps researchers steer generative AI models to design breakthrough materials for quantum computing and other applications. “We don’t need 10 million new materials to change the world. We just need one really good material,” Associate Professor Mingda Li says. | | | | By attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the Cambridge campus. |  | | | | | | | MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2025-26 Undergraduate engineering, computer science, and business programs are all No. 1. |  | | | | | | | NASA selects Adam Fuhrmann ’11 for astronaut training The AeroAstro alumnus, who participated in Air Force ROTC and the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at MIT, is a test pilot and one of 10 new astronaut candidates selected from around the nation. |  | | | | | | | Inflammation jolts “sleeping” cancer cells awake, enabling them to multiply again Chemotherapy-induced injury of organ tissue causes inflammation that awakens dormant cancer cells, which may cause new tumors to form. |  | | | | | | | New AI system could accelerate clinical research By enabling rapid annotation of areas of interest in medical images, the tool can help scientists study new treatments or map disease progression. |  | | | | | | | Meet the 2025 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences The faculty members were granted tenure in Linguistics and Philosophy, Music and Theater Arts, and Political Science. |  | | | | | | | MIT Sloan’s new dean is ready to tackle threats to higher ed // Bloomberg Richard Locke PhD ’89, the newly appointed dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses his goals for his new role and his desire to help MIT Sloan’s “brilliant, curious students” address urgent global problems. | | | | | | | MIT Museum hosts the annual Cambridge Science Carnival // WBZ News Radio At the 18th annual Cambridge Science Carnival, attendees were able to visit a robot petting zoo, find DNA in a strawberry, explore how satellites work, and discover how to give trash a second life. | | | | | | | Biogen breaks ground on new headquarters in Kendall Square // The Boston Globe Last week, Biogen celebrated the groundbreaking for the company’s new headquarters in MIT’s Kendall Common development. | | | | | | | Science fair: A “window” that harvests drinking water from desert air // Gizmodo Professor Xuanhe Zhao and his research group have been named one of the winners of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for their work “creating an atmospheric water harvesting device that could improve access to potable water in the most remote, arid regions of the world.” | | | | | | | | | | Abby Lee, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is setting her sights on breaking a Guinness World Record by becoming the youngest woman to compete in an Ironman triathlon on all six inhabited continents. An ultra-endurance triathlon that takes place throughout the world, Ironman spans 140.6 miles and requires athletes to swim, bike, and run in succession. Earlier this year, Lee completed races in South Africa, Brazil, and Spain, and is now preparing to tackle races in the remaining continents, including the Ironman World Championship, which will take place in October in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. | | | 40,000 | | | Number of music scores in MIT’s Lewis Music Library collections, including classical, jazz, popular, electronic, world, folk, and film music. | | In this episode of Sloanies Talking with Sloanies, Sreenivas Koka MBA ’13 talks about how his multicultural upbringing and MIT Sloan experience transformed his approach to dentistry and leadership, emphasizing empathy and value-based care. He recently co-founded Executive Leadership Enterprises to focus on developing first- and second-time supervisors. Koka defines success as living a purpose-driven life, a perspective shaped by MIT Sloan’s courses on strategy and innovation, which expanded his mindset beyond technical expertise to create meaningful societal impact.
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