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Faces of MIT: Jay Wilcoxson

Jay Wilcoxson, counsel in the MIT Office of General Counsel (OGC), does not shy away from a crisis. In fact, he enjoys navigating uncertainty to steer a conflict toward an outcome that is beneficial to the Institute. Drawing on his background in private law practice and his love for problem-solving, Wilcoxson ensures his work supports MIT's mission and principles. After attending Boston University School of Law, Wilcoxson joined the Boston law firm Goodwin Procter LLP, specializing in commercial business litigation. While the work was interesting and challenging, there were aspects of law firm life that he didn’t love, and he expected to eventually shift to a role as an in-house lawyer. He h...

📅 2026-09-16 20:55:00 • MIT News

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“Technology is the equalizer”

Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati teaches grades 6-12 at a school in rural India. His students are largely from economically disadvantaged families, and the school itself has limited resources. But the biggest problem, he says, is absenteeism. “If a student is not coming into your class, how are you going to teach?” says Mewati, a teacher for 26 years. “That’s why I’m using technology in my classroom and outside the classroom, so that they can learn a little bit using their smartphones.” MIT Open Learning’s free educational resources have been a boon for Mewati as he develops Hindi-language digital resources for his students. “I am a self-taught app developer,” he explains. “MIT Open Learning has h...

📅 2026-09-16 20:40:00 • MIT News

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What it’s really like to be young

Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Arts & Culture What it’s really like to be young Harvard faculty recommend books that capture youth in all its joy and agony Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent September 16, 2026 8 min read As the fall semester kicks in and students once again crowd the Square, Harvard faculty look back on favorite reads about youth — with a few choices from their own earlier days. “Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood” By Satya Doyle Byock The book asks young people to figure out their path through careful attention to their experiences and responses to opportunities and disappointments to see what really matters. The author, a Jungian psychologist, pr...

📅 2026-09-16 19:56:24 • Harvard Gazette

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Linda Bilmes is doing the math

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World Linda Bilmes is doing the math Kennedy School budget analyst has made it her life’s mission to elucidate the heavy toll of war: ‘If we don’t account for something, we don’t value it.’ Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer September 16, 2026 9 min read Part of the Profiles of Progress series At a session of the Senate Appropriations Committee in July, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that the first six months of the fitful war with Iran had cost taxpayers an estimated $37.5 billion. Or not exactly — a little less, he clarified. The estimate included “MILPAY, O&M and other anticipated costs through September 30.” In a rancorou...

📅 2026-09-16 19:55:06 • Harvard Gazette

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New artist residency program at MIT expands views of the cosmos

MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) is launching a pilot artist-in-residence program to facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogue between art, science, and the public. MKI is a world-leading institution for research in astrophysics, combining more than 60 years of expertise in space and ground-based instrumentation development with the intellectual energy of MIT’s faculty, research and technical staff, and students in the departments of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; and Physics.During the 2026-27 academic year, internationally acclaimed ultra-contemporary artist Amy Karle will work as the program’s inaugural ar...

📅 2026-09-16 18:30:00 • MIT News

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Ulrich Knoepflmacher, ‘towering scholar’ of Victorian fiction, poetry and children’s literature, dies at 95

Knoepflmacher's research interests included Victorian literature and culture, English and American children’s books, 19th-century poetry and the English novel. He was among the first to recognize the scholarly value of children’s literature.

📅 2026-09-16 18:17:00 • Princeton University News

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Nanoscale mechanics could enable brain-inspired computing

MIT researchers have created a new computing platform that could be used to develop intelligent and adaptive next-generation electronics that can simultaneously perform multiple functions, like computing and memory, all within one extremely compact, energy-efficient device.Such a platform opens opportunities for low-power edge computing applications, interactive medical and environmental monitoring systems, and smart robots.The researchers accomplished this by leveraging the unique mechanical response of soft polymers at the nanoscale. A mechanical response is how a structure changes when a force is applied to it. They harnessed this response to create tiny mechanical devices that use reconf...

📅 2026-09-16 18:00:00 • MIT News

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A star is born: half billion-year-old fossil rewrites the origin story of starfish

A star is born: half billion-year-old fossil rewrites the origin story of starfish Sarah Collins Wed, 09/16/2026 - 16:00 The fossilised animals, discovered in southwestern China and named Yujingia glutenotunica, are thought to be close to the last common ancestor of ambulacrarians, the modern group that includes starfish, sea stars, sea urchins and acorn worms. The international research team, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, say the fossils could also help us understand why two closely-related lineages – starfish and their relatives, and chordates, the phylum that includes humans – evolved wildly different body plans over millions of years. The results are reported in...

📅 2026-09-16 15:00:00 • Cambridge News

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New AI technique could make minimally invasive surgeries safer and more precise

Researchers created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient’s preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier for clinicians to precisely pilot minimally invasive surgical tools, leading to faster and safer procedures.Clinicians perform many minimally invasive surgeries using real-time X-rays to help them steer devices like catheters and endoscopes through tiny incisions. But since X-rays are flat images, it can be challenging to determine exactly where surgical tools are located and oriented within the patient’s body, increasing the risk of complications.To help localize surgical devices, clinicians may manually align ...

📅 2026-09-16 15:00:00 • MIT News

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Eraldo Zaccheroni (1926 – 2026)

Eraldo Zaccheroni (1926 – 2026) — 16 September, 2026 Eraldo Zaccheroni, an influential engineer who worked at CERN during the Organization’s earliest years, sadly passed away in Faenza, Italy, on 10 August at the age of 100. Born on 21 May 1926 in Meldola, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, Eraldo earned his degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna in 1953. He then joined the newly founded CERN in 1954 to work within the Proton Synchrotron Division’s Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Radio Frequency group. Eraldo designed various components for CERN’s first linear accelerator (known today as Linac1), which entered service in 1958. Among the projects he led, the design of ...

📅 2026-09-16 14:39:39 • CERN

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University welcomes approval for up to 3,800 new homes at Eddington

University welcomes approval for up to 3,800 new homes at Eddington Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/16/2026 - 15:22 The University of Cambridge has welcomed the approval of its outline planning application for the future phases of Eddington, paving the way for thousands of new homes and the continued, sustainable growth of the established North West Cambridge neighbourhood.The Joint Development Management Committee of the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service gave the proposals the green light at its meeting on 16 September, following a recommendation for approval from planning officers, subject to the signing of the Section 106 agreement.Professor Anna Philpott, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for...

📅 2026-09-16 14:22:46 • Cambridge News

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The 'cold-start' problem: online employment platforms are misaligned with skilled late-career workers, study finds

The 'cold-start' problem: online employment platforms are misaligned with skilled late-career workers, study finds Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/16/2026 - 14:52 Many skilled older workers seek to transition from full-time stressful jobs to more flexible work, but freelance employment platforms don’t adequately recognise their credentials so there is a mismatch, finds a new study published in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly.Internet technology and the advent of the gig economy have given hope to many highly skilled workers that their reputations built up over many years can help them transition from a traditional office-based job (with associated pressures) to freelancing work...

📅 2026-09-16 13:52:59 • Cambridge News

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A healthy mind for a calmer future: lunch & learn conference on burnout, 6 October 2026

TOPIC:At CERN A healthy mind for a calmer future: lunch & learn conference on burnout, 6 October 2026 Written by: Medical Service — 16 September, 2026 Join us on 6 October for a new lunch & learn conference in the series “A healthy mind for a calmer future”. In this session, entitled “Burnout: aware today, sustainable tomorrow”, we will dive into the theme of burnout, a state of emotional, mental and often physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress. Emma Richardson, an FSP-certified psychologist from Possibility Coaching, will give a talk entitled “Burnout is not (only) exhaustion: what we miss when we reduce it to stress”, and a CERN colleague will share a personal accou...

📅 2026-09-16 12:01:44 • CERN

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CERN publishes its strategy and main objectives for the period 2026–2030

TOPIC:At CERN CERN publishes its strategy and main objectives for the period 2026–2030 This document details how the Organization will achieve key goals, building on the excellence of the whole community to ensure its success. — 16 September, 2026 Aerial view of CERN’s Meyrin site and the wider Geneva region. (Image: Aude Nowak/CERN) CERN has released its strategy and main objectives for the period 2026–2030, approved by the CERN Council in June. The strategy closely follows the priorities laid out in the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. It identifies clear aims across five strategic pillars: global leadership in accelerator science and technology; cutting-edge scie...

📅 2026-09-16 11:44:13 • CERN

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16 – 22 September: Traffic restrictions on Geneva’s left bank due to the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix de Genève

TOPIC:At CERN 16 – 22 September: Traffic restrictions on Geneva’s left bank due to the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix de Genève — 16 September, 2026 Traffic disruption is expected on the left bank of Geneva from Wednesday 16 September 2026 to Tuesday 22 September 2026. This is due to the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix de Genève and the setting up and dismantling of its infrastructure. For further information, please visit the City of Geneva’s website: https://www.ge.ch/actualite/perturbations-circulation-du-mercredi-16-au-mardi-22-septembre-15-09-2026 Announcement CERN community Related Articles View all news No posts were found. Try to change the category or the date filters.

📅 2026-09-16 10:07:16 • CERN

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Measure by measure, studying society accurately

Let’s agree at the outset the world is a complicated place, and social scientists have exacting jobs when it comes to measuring civic phenomena with precision. After all, even careful studies raise follow-up questions: How much do their findings apply in other settings? Do conclusions about politics in one country apply to other countries? If you’re studying voters in a lopsided election, will your findings apply to voters in a close election? Those questions are all a natural part of the research process.That’s where Naoki Egami comes in. Egami is an MIT political scientist whose specialty is the methodology of research. He carefully scrutinizes, for one thing, what social scientists call “...

📅 2026-09-16 04:00:00 • MIT News

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MIT startups inspire with impressive presentations at Demo Day 2026

The annual “Demo Day” event at MIT, which marks the end of the delta v startup accelerator, fell on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this year, giving MIT entrepreneurs a chance to honor the memory of those lost that day while presenting their startup progress in the program.Each year, the event celebrates all that students achieved while working full-time on their ventures over the summer with support and guidance from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.But the usually boisterous night started with the program’s military veterans asking for a moment of silence.“Today is a day of remembrance, but also a day of celebration,” founder and MIT graduate student Kevin Pow...

📅 2026-09-16 04:00:00 • MIT News

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Thousands of most vulnerable children and young people missing out on mental health support

Thousands of most vulnerable children and young people missing out on mental health support Craig Brierley Wed, 09/16/2026 - 00:01 Despite children and young people on child protection plans or in care being significantly more likely to have serious mental health issues, less than one in five of these individuals had contact with mental health services in a given year.In England, just under one in five (18%) children or young people are estimated to have a probable mental health disorder. A third of mental health problems start before 14 years, so getting timely access to appropriate mental health services is a key priority. Yet, fewer than half of children and young people with a probable m...

📅 2026-09-15 23:01:00 • Cambridge News

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Is there a philosopher in the house?

Host Moira Weigel (from left) with panelists Jackson Kernion of Anthropic and Ken Archer of Microsoft.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Science & Tech Is there a philosopher in the house? Tech insiders call for humanist-scientist discourse amid ‘Copernican moment’ of AI age Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer September 15, 2026 5 min read Artificial intelligence advances daily. Right now, humans, with our values and beliefs, are the decision-makers who set the agenda, form relationships, create culture. There is a growing sense of profound discomfort over the fact that AI soon may take over some of that. What is our place when we are no longer solely at the center of things? That was the que...

📅 2026-09-15 20:53:53 • Harvard Gazette

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How MIT student communities help develop lifelong skills and connections

At the beginning of their first year, many MIT undergraduates choose to join one of the Institute’s 44 fraternities, sororities, or independent living groups (FSILGs), some of which are housed across Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline, Massachusetts.There are 30 fraternities, nine sororities, and five independent living groups for students to choose from. Nearly 37 percent of undergrads join an FSILG, and these communities offer students more than a place to live, eat, and socialize; they are places where students create friendships, mentor younger students, work with both alumni and MIT administrators, raise funds for local charities, and learn valuable leadership skills.While each organizati...

📅 2026-09-15 20:40:00 • MIT News

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