Year in review + remembering Nuno Loureiro + IAP begins

By rahmat hidayat

Senin, 05 Januari 2026

view in browser MIT Daily January 5, 2026 Greetings, and welcome to 2026. This month, the MIT Daily will be on an abbreviated winter schedule, publishing Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through MIT’s Independent Activities Period, which begins today.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. 2025 In Review With a new year upon us, let us take a moment to appreciate the many accomplishments and happenings across MIT during the past 12 months. Here are the Institute’s top research stories, community stories, and media mentions from 2025.        Top Headlines Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47 In his 10 years at MIT, Loureiro helped illuminate the physics occurring at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe. Full story via MIT News → MIT study shows how vision can be rebooted in adults with amblyopia Temporarily anesthetizing the retina briefly reverts the activity of the visual system to that observed in early development and enables growth of responses to the amblyopic (“lazy”) eye. Full story via MIT News → New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations The technique can help scientists in economics, public health, and other fields understand whether to trust the results of their experiments. Full story via MIT News → President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore visits MIT The leader accepted the Miriam Pozen Prize for international financial policy and delivered a lecture at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitopenlearning on Instagram→ In the Media Let’s take a closer look at MIT: It’s alarming to see such a complex, important institution subject to the whims of today’s politics. // The Washington Post Washington Post columnist George Will reflects on MIT and his view of “the damage that can be done to America’s meritocracy by policies motivated by hostility toward institutions vital to it.” Will notes that MIT has an “astonishing economic multiplier effect: MIT graduates have founded companies that have generated almost $1.9 trillion in annual revenue (a sum almost equal to Russia’s GDP) and 4.6 million jobs.” Full story via The Washington Post→ Did You Know? Independent Activities Period 2026 begins today — and all MIT community members are invited to take part! For six decades, IAP has provided unique opportunities to organize, sponsor, and participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, recitals, and contests. Browse the special IAP section on MIT’s events calendar for an opportunity to expand your mind, use your hands, and fill your heart. IAP listings via MIT Events → This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by the snow quarry. 🧊 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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