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The official Twitter account of the @MIT Vice President for Communications. The position is currently held by Alfred Ironside.
Joined August 2022
Helpful quick summary of what’s at stake for American scientific leadership if government has its way.
insidehighered.com
Robert A. Brown warns that the U.S. risks an innovation winter.
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Terrific analysis by MIT’s most recent past president about the importance of investing in science, especially in a time of global competition for tech leadership.
foreignaffairs.com
Trump’s war on universities could kill U.S. innovation.
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One of the best short summaries I’ve seen of what’s at stake for America in the battle for the future of higher ed.
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Congratulations to all three professors for their commitment to rigorous, long-term research that demonstrates the value of institutions that put people first.
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Fantastic news! MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson have won the Nobel Prize in economics, for “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. Congratulations! They share the prize with James Robinson of the University of Chicago.
BREAKING NEWS.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
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Despite misinformation circulating online, as of 5:00 PM, there have been no arrests made by MIT Police on campus today. (2/2).
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At this hour public protests continue on and around Massachusetts Avenue. MIT and Cambridge police officers are present with additional support from other local law enforcement. (1/2).
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Another example of MIT delivering on climate: Very cool advancements at the “nanoscale” (a billionth of a meter) could soon result in far more energy-efficient computer processors.
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1/ Setting the record straight: Pre-vaccine in 2020, when Sec. Pompeo's staff inquired about a speech at MIT, we could not accept to host because of our then policies on Covid – no guests and no gatherings greater than 10 people.
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We have set the record straight on this repeatedly in the past.
As secretary of state, MIT canceled my campus speech about the CCP because it “risked offending” Chinese students. Now these schools justify rampant antisemitism because of a "commitment" to free speech?.
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Excellent news! MIT’s Moungi Bawendi has won a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” Congratulations to Prof. Bawendi for this profound honor. 👏.
BREAKING NEWS.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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This moment was years in the making, and it's a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone at MIT and elsewhere who contributed to its realization. #ToBennuAndBack
news.mit.edu
MIT Professor Richard Binzel describes how asteroid dirt and dust delivered by OSIRIS-Rex, with help from MIT students and the REXIS instrument, may reveal clues to the solar system’s origins.
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Congratulations to James Fujimoto ’79, SM ’81, PhD ’84; Eric Swanson SM ’84; and David Huang PhD ’93 for this incredible achievement!
news.mit.edu
MIT Professor James Fujimoto and MIT affiliates David Huang and Eric Swanson have won the 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for groundbreaking work on optical coherence tomography...
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I’m looking forward to it!.
We're three days away! Register for Solve Challenge Finals 2023 livestream today @CCDHate President, @Imi_Ahmed .@MIT VP Communications, Alfred Ironside.Impact Artist, @MarcoSantiniArt.Secretary-General @CIVICUS, @LysaJohnSA
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Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, this device could be the future of cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources.
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Qubits for all! @MITLL is making quantum research accessible to a broader community through its Superconducting Qubits at Lincoln Laboratory (SQUILL) Foundry.
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A real life “Death Star”… An amazing scientific feat to witness this galactic process — and a serious one. Many new insights and breakthroughs could come from this. Congrats to the scientific team involved! #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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All parts of the MIT community turning out for the inauguration of Dr. Sally Kornbluth as president today. Big things ahead!
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