Electrifying airplanes + MIT’s diversity + studying music

President Sally Kornbluth and Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services Stu Schmill share their thoughts on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions that may affect college admissions.

Associate Professor Leslie Tilley’s passion for a diversity of musical practices comes through in her research and in the classroom.

Using insights into how people intuit others’ emotions, researchers have designed a model that approximates this aspect of human social intelligence.

Professor of the practice Zeynep Ton is focused on helping companies improve treatment and pay for workers. Ton recently published a book, “The Case for Good Jobs,” and is “on a mission to change how company leaders think, and how they treat their employees,” writes Boston Globe reporter Kara Baskin. “To Ton, the solution is clear: Treat people better, give them more control over their lives, close the income divide. It’s just good business.”

Boston Metal, an MIT startup, is developing a method for producing steel that reduces carbon emissions. “The main goal of Boston Metal is green steel, but the company will also use its core electrolysis technology to produce tin, niobium, and tantalum metals from what is otherwise considered waste from the mining process.”