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    Maybe you’ve had an experience like this if you’re pursuing a research career—searching near and far for a lab to join until finally someone offers you a chance. shares his biology origin story on podcast:

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    23 minutes ago

    McGovern PI John Gabrieli and Harvard Prof. Bruce Bean will discuss the need for fundamental research on cannabis to inform evidence-based clinical guidelines and societal policies and some of the current cannabis research projects underway.

    Happening NOW: New and on Cannabis
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  3. 22 minutes ago

    Congratulations to Professor Susan Solomon, who has earned the 2020-21 Killian Award, the faculty’s highest honor. The award recognizes Solomon’s “leadership in working toward real-world solutions to address the global .”

    Susan Solomon in a hallway
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  4. 2 hours ago

    "just like any other human being, helping the world is important to me,” says Michelle Xu, a senior in and

    Michelle Xu in a hat
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  5. 6 hours ago

    Roger Levy, prof in and chair of MIT’s Committee on the Library System talks about open access for knowledge sharing with :

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    May 7

    How has Covid-19 affected your life? We invite all members of the MIT community to contribute first-hand accounts, personal reflections and artificacts that will help document our collective experiences during this extraordinary time.

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    May 13

    Special Community Update Issue is out! Don't miss our monthly newsletter of department news, science and events. Explore! Subscribe:

    photo of MIT Killian Court with banner for EAPSpeaks
    Professor Matej Pec working from home "caught" by his child with a butterfly net.
    EAPS graduate student Madeleine Youngs smiles out on the water in front of her research ship in Antarctica.
    Undergraduate student Juliana Drozd leans against a railing in Yellowstone National Park in front of a prismatic hot spring.
    , , and 2 others
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  8. May 13

    Take a listen to the latest episode of the from and

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    MT : Have you met grad student ? Tune in to our latest episode to hear how he collaborates with computational biologists to test protein-protein interactions, informing drug development:
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  9. May 13

    In 2018, MIT scientists led by Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Yuan Cao in discovered “magic” angle -- now they report advances in two papers published this week in the journal

    twisted graphene honeycomb
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  10. May 13

    A group of MIT researchers in collaboration with Taylor Perron in is testing ways of harnessing nature’s own forces to help maintain and rebuild islands and coastlines threatened by sea level rise due to

    island in the Maldives
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  11. May 12

    Share your experience, MIT Community!

    An alternate MIT Seal reflecting social distancing. CC-BY Greg Wymer for the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, March 26, 2020.
    Help us document MIT community experiences during Covid-19: Submit your personal reflections & first-hand accounts to be preserved as part of the historical record. Your experiences are an important part of our shared history!
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  12. May 12

    This year's awards include 3 at in : Prof Kerry Emanuel for work on Prof David Sabatini for & biomedicine, & Prof Peter Shor for

    David Sabatini, Kerry Emanuel, Peter Shor
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    May 5

    Help us document MIT community experiences during Covid-19: Submit your personal reflections & first-hand accounts to be preserved as part of the historical record. Your experiences are an important part of our shared history!

    An alternate MIT Seal reflecting social distancing. CC-BY Greg Wymer for the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, March 26, 2020.
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    May 12

    Sending our heartfelt gratitude to nurses everywhere on . Thank you for all you do, now and always! Special shout-out to the wonderful nursing staff for always looking after the campus community. We'd be lost without you!

    Block numbers reading "12" on top another block reading "May." Red plush heart with white medical cross atop blocks, with a stethoscope surrounding them all.
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    May 12

    Whitehead Institute researchers like Fu-shuang Li of the Weng lab find elements of beauty in the science they study. Learn about Li’s plant-based creations he made while studying how pollen evolved:

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  16. May 12

    A new proposal could teach "how quickly and how commonly objects transit between solar systems, which will tell us the feasibility of the interstellar transfer of life.” - Prof. Benjamin Weiss

    earth surrounded by statites
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  17. May 12

    Neuroscientists at have found that a protein acts like a volume dial for the release of neurotransmitters.

    "It’s a very elegant way for neurons to turn up or down the amount of output that they are giving"
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    May 11

    If you weren't able to join us live, we've posted a video of Earl Miller's talk, "Working Memory 2.0."

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    May 11

    Congratulations to our nineteen students who have been selected to receive prestigious graduate fellowships from !

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  20. May 11

    Congrats to Associate Professor of Joseph G. Checkelsky on receiving a $1.7 million Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS) Initiative grant to pursue his search for materials

    Joseph Checkesky in front of a machine
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