How photosynthesis works + climate education + women at MIT

The MIT Energy Initiative’s director of education shares new initiatives aimed at preparing students to take an active role in solving the climate crisis.

“Introduction to Physical Computing for Artists” at the MIT Student Art Association teaches students to use circuits, wiring, motors, sensors, and displays by developing their own kinetic artworks.

In honor of International Women’s Day, a selection of notable quotes from the MIT Sloan community.

“Women Take the Reel Film Festival,” an annual event hosted by the Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality at MIT, spotlights “women-directed films that grapple with social issues like gender or sexuality.”

Assistant Professor Ritu Raman discusses her work “building machines that we call bio-hybrid because they’re part biological and part made out of synthetic materials. The biological robots that we’re building are powered by muscle tissue so that every time the muscle contracts, you could get something that looks like movement.”