| Roman Concrete | | | | | | | | A preserved construction site in Pompeii has revealed new information about how ancient Romans produced concrete that endured for millennia. The concrete heals itself when cracked — “a dream process we want to translate into our modern materials,” says Associate Professor Admir Masic. | | | | Paula Hammond named dean of the School of Engineering A chemical engineer who now serves as executive vice provost, Hammond will succeed Anantha Chandrakasan. |  | | | | | | | Lisa Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 to deliver MIT’s 2026 Commencement address An electrical engineer by training, Su is the chair and CEO of the semiconductor company AMD. |  | | | | | | | Quantum computing reality check: What business needs to know now Commercial quantum computing is now years, rather than decades, away. It’s time for business leaders to start tracking its evolution. |  | | | | | | | Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients Using a versatile problem-solving framework, researchers show how early relapse in lymphoma patients influences their chance for survival. |  | | | | | | | New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics By stacking multiple active components based on new materials on the back end of a computer chip, this new approach reduces the amount of energy wasted during computation. |  | | | | | | | A new way to deliver antibodies could make treatment much easier for patients Therapeutic antibodies packaged into microparticles could be injected with a standard syringe, avoiding the need for lengthy and often uncomfortable infusions. |  | | | | | | | Watch this tiny robot somersault through the air like an insect // Science Associate Professor Kevin Chen and his colleagues designed an insect-sized aerial microrobot that is “faster and more acrobatic than any of its predecessors.” | | | | | | | Goodbye, finger pricks? Diabetes patients could monitor glucose with lightwaves // Popular Science Researchers at MIT have developed a noninvasive, light-based blood-glucose monitoring system capable of replacing finger pricks and under-the-skin sensors used by patients with diabetes. | | | | | | | MIT launches quantum initiative to tackle challenges in science, health care, national security // State House News Service MIT is “taking a quantum leap” with the launch of the new MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT). “There isn’t a more important technological field right now than quantum with its enormous potential for impact on both fundamental research and practical problems,” said President Sally Kornbluth during the QMIT launch event. | | | | | | | Bostonians of the Year 2025: First responders, university presidents, and others who exemplified courage // The Boston Globe President Sally Kornbluth is honored by The Boston Globe as one of the Bostonians of the Year, a list that spotlights individuals across the region who, in choosing the difficult path, “showed us what strength looks like.” | | | | | | | | | | In honor of the traditional December public broadcasting of the classic “The Sound of Music,” we bring you a delightful MIT remake of the song “Do Re Mi.” This 2018 rendition recreates the original, shot for shot, around the MIT campus, occasionally replacing lyrics related to music education with engineering terms. The parody video was created for the mechanical engineering class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) and features students representing color teams along with legendary instructor Professor David Wallace. | | Name: Mike Kalin
Affiliation: Coach of varsity sailing and a sailing and skating instructor at the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
Years at MIT: 17
Best adventure: Seventeen straight days of windsurfing in Jericoacoara, Brazil
Favorite part of teaching at MIT: Students have a natural curiosity and incredible hunger to learn new things and become more knowledgeable and skilled at life.
Favorite sport to watch: NFL football. It’s a guilty pleasure to watch what I consider modern gladiators, but it’s so addictive!
Full interview via MIT Physical Education and Wellness→ | | | | Verse | | | Blue, blue is the sea to-day,
Warmly the light
Sleeps on St. Andrews Bay—
Blue, fringed with white.
That’s no December sky!
Surely ’tis June
Holds now her state on high,
Queen of the noon.
Only the tree-tops bare
Crowning the hill,
Clear-cut in perfect air,
Warn us that still
Winter, the aged chief,
Mighty in power,
Exiles the tender leaf,
Exiles the flower.
Is there a heart to-day,
A heart that grieves
For flowers that fade away,
For fallen leaves?
Oh, not in leaves or flowers
Endures the charm
That clothes those naked towers
With love-light warm.
O dear St. Andrews Bay,
Winter or Spring
Gives not nor takes away
Memories that cling
All round thy girdling reefs,
That walk thy shore,
Memories of joys and griefs
Ours evermore.
—“A December Day” by Robert Fuller Murray | | This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by 5,000 windows of wonder. 🧽
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