Tech and workers + MIT astronaut candidate + U.S. News ranking

By rahmat hidayat

Rabu, 24 September 2025

view in browser MIT Daily September 24, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Technology and Workers Economics PhD student Whitney Zhang investigates how companies’ technological and managerial decisions affect workers across the pay spectrum. “We have to remember the people whose lives are impacted by business operations and legislation,” she says. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines 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. Full story via MIT News → MIT engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics A new device concept opens the door to compact, high-performance transistors with built-in memory. Full story via MIT News → MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2025-26 Undergraduate engineering, computer science, and business programs are all No. 1. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @pappalardolab on Instagram→ In the Media GE Vernova kicks off MIT partnership to address climate issues // The Boston Globe Boston Globe reporter Jon Chesto spotlights the recent kickoff event for the new MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, which will “fund research initiatives, fellowships, and other programs with an eye toward improving energy technologies and decarbonization.”  Full story via The Boston Globe → Listen 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. Listen to the episode→  This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by from 9 to 19 at MIT. ❄️ Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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