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Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open...

August 8, 2024

Dimitris Bertsimas PhD ’88 has been appointed vice provost for open learning at MIT, effective Sept. 1. In this role, Bertsimas, who is the Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management at MIT, will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off MIT’s campus. Provost Cynthia Barnhart announced Bertsimas’s appointment in an email to the MIT community today. “As the vice provost for open learning, Dimitris will work with faculty and staff……

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New Zealand, Australia trade barbs over accent...

August 8, 2024

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a Māori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous language by New Zealand’s government, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Wednesday, seemingly joking that it instead reflected the “incredibly simple” language required when speaking to Australians. Luxon’s defense in Parliament of the lawmaker who ordered the removal of the Māori words from an invitation sent…

Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped...

August 8, 2024

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In her yard under the blazing sun Wednesday, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could. Nearby, friends helped carry boxes out of her family’s garage, which was inundated this week after a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier let rip — sending floodwaters into neighborhoods like hers that never had to worry about that threat before. “We’re blessed,” she said. “Nobody was…

Tracking emissions to help companies reduce their...

August 7, 2024

Amidst a global wave of corporate pledges to decarbonize or reach net-zero emissions, a system for verifying actual greenhouse gas reductions has never been more important. Context Labs, founded by former MIT Sloan Fellow and serial entrepreneur Dan Harple SM ’13, is rising to meet that challenge with an analytics platform that brings more transparency to emissions data. The company’s platform adds context to data from sources like equipment sensors and satellites, provides third-party verification, and records all that……

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In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, company cancels plans...

August 7, 2024

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WALLACE, La. (AP) — Residents of a historic Black community in Louisiana who’ve spent years fighting against a massive grain export facility set to be built on the grounds where their enslaved ancestors once lived appear to have finally halted the project. A representative from the company, Greenfield Louisiana LLC, announced during a public hearing on Tuesday evening that the company is “ceasing all plans” to construct a grain export facility in the middle of the town of Wallace…

The Latest: Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim...

August 6, 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states. She will introduce Walz at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Harris was the only candidate eligible to receive votes after no other candidate qualified by a deadline last week. She officially claimed the nomination Monday night when the DNC released final results. Follow the AP’s Election-2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024. Here’s the Latest: Former colleagues on…

China launches rocket carrying new constellation of...

August 6, 2024

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China says it launched a rocket Tuesday carrying a constellation of a reported 18 satellites as part of efforts to assert its presence in space. The satellites were carried aboard a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province early on Tuesday afternoon. The official Xinhua News Agency said the rocket had reached its pre-programmed orbit without incident. China’s space program has launched numerous crewed missions, put a…

New substrate material for flexible electronics could...

August 6, 2024

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it’s expected to worsen with the production of new kinds of flexible electronics for robotics, wearable devices, health monitors, and other new applications, including single-use devices. A new kind of flexible substrate material developed at MIT, the University of Utah, and Meta has the potential to enable not only the recycling of materials and components at the end of a device’s useful life, but also the scalable manufacture……

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Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee,...

August 6, 2024

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday — becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. More than four years after her first attempt at the presidency collapsed, Harris’ coronation as her party’s standard-bearer caps a tumultuous and frenetic period for Democrats prompted…

Hamsa Balakrishnan appointed associate dean of engineering

August 5, 2024

Hamsa Balakrishnan, the William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) at MIT, has been appointed associate dean of the MIT School of Engineering effective Aug. 1. As associate dean, Balakrishnan will focus on efforts to attract, retain, and support top talent across all academic levels in the School of Engineering. She will help lead and shape various faculty-focused programs and will help manage many of the school’s student-facing programs and initiatives. Balakrishnan will……

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MIT School of Science launches Center for...

August 5, 2024

The MIT School of Science is launching a center to advance knowledge and computational capabilities in the field of sustainability science, and support decision-makers in government, industry, and civil society to achieve sustainable development goals. Aligned with the Climate Project at MIT, researchers at the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy will develop and apply expertise from across the Institute to improve understanding of sustainability challenges, and thereby provide actionable knowledge and insight to inform strategies for improving human well-being for……

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Rally dates are set. Venues are chosen....

August 5, 2024

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The dates are set. The venues are chosen. The only thing missing from this week’s campaign blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate is the name of the running mate. After a weekend spent interviewing finalists, Harris must decide on her wingman before the two set off Tuesday on a tour across key battleground states where they will introduce the new Democratic ticket to voters and highlight the stakes of the election….

Tokyo Metropolitan Medicinal Botanical Garden in Kodaira,...

August 5, 2024

The Tokyo Metropolitan Medicinal Botanical Garden, located in the city of Kodaira, in the western suburbs of the Japanese capital, isn’t your typical green space. Founded in 1946, the seven-acre herbarium is split into 14 sections that consist of specifically-themed greenhouses, farms, and gardens, which are home to more than 1,600 plant species. Most of them have medicinal uses in one way or another, from traditional Chinese medicine to modern pharmaceutics, to culinary pursuits. The grounds host common species such……

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Sebastian Korda wins DC Open to complete...

August 5, 2024

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sebastian Korda completed a father-son double Sunday night in the Mubadala Citi DC Open for his second ATP Tour title. Thirty-two years after father Petr won the then-Sovran Bank Classic, the fourth-seeded Korda beat 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in a match delayed at the start because of rain. They are the first father-son tandem to win the same ATP Tour event. “We have a lot of history with this tournament,” Korda said…

12 best graphics cards of 2024: the...

August 4, 2024

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Jacob Roach / Digital Trends. If you want peak performance, you need one of the best graphics cards in your gaming PC. We’ve reviewed every release from AMD and Nvidia, as well as Intel’s latest offerings, to find the best GPUs for everything from light 1080p gaming to maxed-out 4K gaming with ray tracing enabled. Now is a great time to score a deal on a graphics card as we’re winding down the current generation. If you don’t mind…

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