NPR: Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=176677240 Massachusetts Institute of Technology en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:13:31 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://www.npr.org/tags/176677240/massachusetts-institute-of-technology Two fledgling entrepreneurs win MIT prizes for their global health apps The winners confronted stigma and health equity in some countries with their tech ideas to help LGBTQI+ youth reach out for help and let women access private OB-GYN care. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:02:41 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/12/1141296681/two-fledgling-entrepreneurs-win-mit-prizes-for-their-global-health-apps https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/12/1141296681/two-fledgling-entrepreneurs-win-mit-prizes-for-their-global-health-apps

The winners confronted stigma and health equity in some countries with their tech ideas to help LGBTQI+ youth reach out for help and let women access private OB-GYN care.

]]> Vicky Hallett Scientists have picked up a radio signal 'heartbeat' billions of light-years away Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:06:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111471532/space-science-stars-radio-waves-signals-galaxy-lightyears-mit https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111471532/space-science-stars-radio-waves-signals-galaxy-lightyears-mit Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet.

]]> Ayana Archie This Audio Portrait Of The 2020 Census Asks: Whose Voices Really Count? Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called <em>A Counting</em>. Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899019229/this-audio-portrait-of-the-2020-census-asks-whose-voices-really-count https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899019229/this-audio-portrait-of-the-2020-census-asks-whose-voices-really-count

Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called A Counting.

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]]> Neda Ulaby 'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change As Harvard and MIT challenge a new visa requirement that doesn't allow for online-only curricula, students face difficult choices. Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:56:44 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/888904522/i-couldn-t-believe-my-eyes-international-students-blindsided-by-ice-rule-change https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/888904522/i-couldn-t-believe-my-eyes-international-students-blindsided-by-ice-rule-change

As Harvard and MIT challenge a new visa requirement that doesn't allow for online-only curricula, students face difficult choices.

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]]> Max Larkin Harvard, MIT Sue Immigration Officials Over Rule Blocking Some International Students The policy — which bars foreign students unless they have in-person classes — will "create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible," the schools said Wednesday. Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:33:27 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/08/888871130/harvard-mit-sue-immigration-officials-over-rule-blocking-some-international-stud https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/08/888871130/harvard-mit-sue-immigration-officials-over-rule-blocking-some-international-stud

The policy — which bars foreign students unless they have in-person classes — will "create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible," the schools said Wednesday.

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]]> Colin Dwyer MIT's Breakthrough In Propulsion Of Intra-Intestinal Micro-Muscular Agglomerations MIT students Phoebe Li and Amber VanHemel broke the World Record for longest the hot dog toss (and catch). Hear how the sausage got made from NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro. Sun, 01 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/783932593/mits-breakthrough-in-propulsion-of-intra-intestinal-micro-muscular-agglomeration https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/783932593/mits-breakthrough-in-propulsion-of-intra-intestinal-micro-muscular-agglomeration MIT students Phoebe Li and Amber VanHemel broke the World Record for longest the hot dog toss (and catch). Hear how the sausage got made from NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

]]> Lulu Garcia-Navarro MIT To Settle Suit Alleging It Hurt Workers In 401(k) Plan The lawsuit claimed MIT got millions of dollars in donations from financial giant Fidelity Investments while allowing the firm to charge workers excessive fees. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:56:10 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760276798/mit-to-settle-suit-alleging-it-hurt-workers-in-401-k-plan https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760276798/mit-to-settle-suit-alleging-it-hurt-workers-in-401-k-plan

The lawsuit claimed MIT got millions of dollars in donations from financial giant Fidelity Investments while allowing the firm to charge workers excessive fees.

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]]> Chris Arnold A Couple's Quest To Stop A Rare Disease Before It Takes One Of Them Twenty years. That's how long two grad students, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel, think they have before a deadly disease envelops Sonia's brain. The Massachusetts couple is now racing to find a cure. Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:35:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/19/527795512/a-couples-quest-to-stop-a-rare-disease-before-it-takes-one-of-them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/19/527795512/a-couples-quest-to-stop-a-rare-disease-before-it-takes-one-of-them

Twenty years. That's how long two grad students, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel, think they have before a deadly disease envelops Sonia's brain. The Massachusetts couple is now racing to find a cure.

]]> Rae Ellen Bichell Researchers Build 'Nightmare Machine' An MIT project rolled out just in time for Halloween uses artificial intelligence to generate horror images. Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:46:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/499334210/researchers-build-nightmare-machine https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/499334210/researchers-build-nightmare-machine

An MIT project rolled out just in time for Halloween uses artificial intelligence to generate horror images.

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]]> Rebecca Hersher Blacks' Election-Day Waits Nearly Double Those Of Whites, But Why? On Election Day 2012, black voters waited on average nearly twice as long to vote as did whites. The wait time for Hispanics fell in between. While race may have played a role, a researcher suggests geography did, too. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:42:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/09/176675397/blacks-election-day-waits-nearly-double-those-of-whites-but-why https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/09/176675397/blacks-election-day-waits-nearly-double-those-of-whites-but-why On Election Day 2012, black voters waited on average nearly twice as long to vote as did whites. The wait time for Hispanics fell in between. While race may have played a role, a researcher suggests geography did, too.

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