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“Look forward, not back” ~ Stroke survivor Debra Meyerson ’79, SM ’80 who led a 4,500-mile, cross-country bike trip to raise stroke awareness Stroke Onward bit.ly/3MJK3eu #WorldStrokeDay
Cofounded with three MIT alums, MassRobotics serves as the Boston hub for the robotics industry. It incubates startups and offers networking and STEM education. bit.ly/3TxCUjN
230 mph: The wind speeds the new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel is capable of reaching. bit.ly/3TRKWUn MIT Spectrum
11.2: @MITBrainandCog's Nancy Kanwisher '80, PhD '86 discusses the brain's organization and shares recent imaging breakthroughs with KSJ at MIT's Kelly Servick bit.ly/3eWAg8q
The new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel is the most advanced academic wind tunnel in the US. bit.ly/3TRKWUn MIT AeroAstro
“There are different kinds of smart.” ~Elizabeth Ricker (Elizabeth Ricker) ’07 whose recent neuroscience book guides people to be their best selves bit.ly/3SvZnwz MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
At 1:30pm ET on 10/27, City Science group will begin livestreaming the City Science Summit at citysciencenetwork.org. Tune in to hear from Lord Norman Foster (@NormanFosterFdn), Dava Newman, Kent Larson and the City Science team, and Ed Markey!
In The Boston Globe, MIT Museum director John Durant talks about the museum’s new location in Kendall Square—the home of MIT—and names a few of his favorite displays, including Media Lab alum Andy Cavatorta’s kinetic sculpture titled “Whale.” bostonglobe.com/2022/10/14/art…
How to be “Smarter Tomorrow” with this MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences alumna’s recent book on neurohacking bit.ly/3SvZnwz
2014: MIT professor Regina Barzilay is diagnosed w/ #breastcancer .
2017: she develops a ML model that could have diagnosed her cancer years earlier.
2020: she wins AAAI's $1m award for her work.
More: bit.ly/Barzilay1m
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BreastCancerSurvivor