A launch for Native alumni + liver’s secrets + new climate and infrastructure laws

A new technique for studying liver cells within an organism could shed light on the genes required for regeneration.

MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner takes stock of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, and their potential impacts on the energy transition.

An MIT study finds that children from different socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have different brain patterns associated with reading difficulty.

MIT is part of the Transfer Scholars Network (TSN), an initiative aimed at opening a pipeline for transfer students between community colleges and four-year colleges. “As a part of TSN, we hope to send a message to community college students everywhere that you belong and you can succeed at a school like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,” says Jeremy Weprich, senior assistant director of admissions.

Members of MIT’s Hobby Shop salvaged and refurbished seven decommissioned MBTA Red Line seats, “mounting them onto wooden legs made out of reclaimed church pews.” Coby Unger, an associate instructor at the Hobby Shop, explains that “there’s so much nostalgia for that pattern,” on the seats. “And the stainless steel construction is really beautiful.”