Preparing to be prepared + working memory + MIT OCW in Turkey

Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers find information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of its connections.

Study group of medical students in Turkey uses free MIT resources to pursue a PhD-level research agenda.

As a young boy growing up in Ghana, Kwami Williams ’12 loved breaking things down to see how the parts fit together. Decades later, Williams has brought that analytical thinking to a supply chain for products from the moringa tree.

Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.

GBH spotlights graduate student Karenna Groff ’22, recently named the NCAA Woman of the Year, and her efforts to make a difference both on and off the field, from her work as an EMT at MIT to her efforts to reduce maternal mortality in southern India. “Using sports as a platform to drive forward equity in all these different walks of life has always been something that I want to be a part of,” explains Groff.