New postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care
Launched with a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support postdocs in health and life sciences.
Michaela Jarvis | Office of Innovation and Strategy •
mit
yesterday • ~6 min
yesterday • ~6 min
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame •
conversation
yesterday • ~10 min
yesterday • ~10 min
MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ allocation
In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.
Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health •
mit
July 3, 2025 • ~6 min
July 3, 2025 • ~6 min
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know
A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process has become politicized.
Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University •
conversation
July 2, 2025 • ~10 min
July 2, 2025 • ~10 min
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