Nanoparticles for wounds + a sustainable future + Commencement speaker

MIT Weekly February 19, 2022 Greetings! Here’s a roundup of the latest from the MIT community.  Want a daily dose of MIT in your inbox? [Subscribe to the MIT Daily](. Nanoparticles to Stop Bleeding # MIT chemical engineers have performed the first systematic study of how different-sized polymer nanoparticles circulate in the body and interact with platelets to promote blood clotting. Such particles may be used to help stop internal bleeding after traumatic injuries. [Full story via MIT News →]( Top Headlines Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to speak at MIT’s 2022 Commencement Director-General of the World Trade Organization and MIT alumna will address the Class of 2022 on May 27. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( 3 Questions: New changes to MIT’s Covid-19 strategy Cecilia Stuopis, Peko Hosoi, and Ian Waitz describe a shift in policy that aims for a gradual return to normalcy. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( First-ever Climate Grand Challenges recognizes 27 finalists A subset of the finalists will be announced as multiyear flagship projects this spring. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Senior Aniket Dehadrai represents MIT on Jeopardy! The course 5-7 (chemistry and biology) major and theater arts minor appeared on the Jeopardy! National College Championship. [Full story via MIT Chemistry→]( [MIT Heat Island]( Nerdy chocolate for all Dark Matter Chocolate, the brainchild of MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science founder Ariel Segall ’04 and led by four MIT alumni, is successfully serving up geeky sweets. [Full story via Slice of MIT→]( [MIT Heat Island]( #ThisisMIT # [Follow @mitpics on Instagram→]( In the Media This new device can deliver clean drinking water for just $4 // Daily Beast MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that “avoids salt buildup and could provide a family with continuous drinking water for only $4.” [Full story via Daily Beast→]( As international participation grows, pickleball could end up at the Olympics // NPR “I think if pickleball, in its own humble way, can continue to grow its participation and find ways to make the sport a compelling fan product,” says Senior Lecturer Ben Shields, in “10, 20 years it could be a very viable competitor in the global sports industry.” [Full story via NPR→]( Susan M. Collins becomes the first woman of color to lead the Boston Federal Reserve Bank // The Boston Globe Susan M. Collins PhD ’84 has been selected as the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, “the first woman of color selected to lead one of the 12 regional Fed branches since the central bank system was created in 1914.” [Full story via The Boston Globe →]( Are meditation apps effective? // The Economist MIT research finds that mediation apps may have benefits for users in reducing anxiety and depression. “Access to the app reduced the share of participants with moderate or severe anxiety by 13 percentage points, or 50%, compared to the control group. The share of participants with moderate or severe depression fell by 14 percentage points, or 47%.” [Full story via The Economist→]( Look Back # Phyllis A. Wallace (center in picture above), the first woman granted tenure at the MIT Sloan School of Management, spent her career fighting against systems that kept, and still keep, marginalized groups from thriving in the labor market. Her work would change the way discrimination was studied and quantified. [Full story via MIT Technology Review→]( Watch This # With MIT’s campus located on the Charles River, the MIT crew teams provide an ideal community for aspiring collegiate rowers. The program has produced over 30 national-team athletes throughout its 100-plus years as a varsity team. “We really have just an amazing team culture,” says junior Andrew Stoddard. “I learn a lot from the people that I’m around.” [Watch the video→]( Scene at MIT # MIT’s [Independent Activities Period]( is known for hosting events that run the intellectual and spiritual gamut: from poetry slams to coding workshops to lessons in flower arrangement. This year [Laura Jaye]( (seated, above), a lecturer in MIT’s [Music and Theater Arts Section]( decided to host a short course teaching MIT community members how to play the ukulele. “It was a wild idea: 40-plus beginning ukulele players learning together,” she says. “But I think it was a huge success!” This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by [ring reveal](. 💍 Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! —MIT News Office [Forward This Email]( [Subscribe]( [MIT Logo] Massachusetts Institute of Technology This email was sent to {EMAIL} because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. [subscribe]( [update preferences]( [unsubscribe]( [view in browser]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA