Climate Project at MIT + energy transition map + Grammy Award + video game orchestra

[view in browser]( MIT Weekly [MIT Logo] February 10, 2024 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](. Mapping the Energy Transition #[A map shows United States counties in dark blue through dark red. Wyoming and Utah are mainly in shades of light and dark red. Vermont, Rhode Island, and California are shown in shades of blue.]( A new county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the transition to clean energy. “The next step is using this data more specifically to design policies to protect these communities,” says Professor Christopher Knittel. [Full story via MIT News →]( Top Headlines 3 Questions: The Climate Project at MIT Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Miguel Zenón, assistant professor of jazz, wins Grammy Award The renowned saxophonist won Best Latin Jazz Album along with pianist Luis Perdomo for their album, “El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2.” [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Will AI will take everyone’s jobs? History could inform the answer. In 1938, MIT President Karl Compton wrote that technical progress didn’t mean fewer jobs. His arguments may provide lessons for today. [Full story via MIT Technology Review →]( [MIT Heat Island]( A night at the orchestra, with Pokémon on the program MIT student musicians blend longtime passions as they arrange and perform the music of beloved video games. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Annie Liau: Infinite caring for the MIT community A longtime physician reflects on her journey from Thailand to MIT, and her four decades of service at MIT Health. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( #ThisisMIT #[15 students from MIT’s Swim and Dive teams pose in front of a balloon garland while each holding a flower bouquet. Text via @‌sharksandbeavers: A HUGE congrats to our wonderful seniors for finishing their last dual meet with a BANG!! Thank you to everyone who came to support our class of 2024. Onto championship season!]( [Follow @sharksandbeavers on Instagram→]( In the Media Opinion: Can 15-minute cities work in America? // Bloomberg Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti and Arianna Salazar-Miranda SM ’16, PhD ’23 explore the possibility and potential of developing 15-minute cities in the United States. [Full story via Bloomberg→]( MIT students propose better ways to connect Kendall Sq. and Logan // Commonwealth Beacon Research Scientist Jim Aloisi and several students from his urban planning and policy course explore different options for creating a better public transportation connection between Kendall Square, in Cambridge, and Boston Logan International Airport. [Full story via Commonwealth Beacon →]( After 20 years, uncovering the physics behind the spiral pass // NPR Senior Lecturer Richard Price and his colleagues have scored a touchdown by uncovering the physics behind a spiral pass. [Full story via NPR→]( Running “Doom” on E. coli cells… very, very slowly // Popular Science Graduate student Lauren “Ren” Ramlan programmed the video game “Doom” to run on a display made from E. coli cells. [Full story via Popular Science →]( Research can predict how your running shoes will fit you // BostInno MIT researchers developed a model to predict how different shoes will impact individual runners. [Full story via BostInno→]( Scene at MIT #[Hiroko Matsuyama works with a student to help arrange her flowers. The flowers are purple and yellow.]( Since 1988, Hiroko Matsuyama, a master instructor of the Ohara School of Ikebana, has worked with MIT students on the basics of the ancient art of Japanese flower arrangement. Through an Independent Activities Period (IAP) course offered each year by the [MIT-Japan Program]( Matsuyama works with students to create their own arrangements. This year marked the final IAP ikebana course for Matsuyama, who is stepping down. “These workshops I’ve taught at MIT have been a treasure to me,” says Matsuyama. “It made me feel more global and become more worldly.” [Full story via MIT News→]( Listen #[MIT CSAIL Alliances logo]( In this episode of the [MIT CSAIL Alliances podcast]( Professor [Hal Abelson]( joins host Kara Miller in a conversation about how artificial intelligence will shape education moving forward. Abelson, who has long worked on issues related to computer science education, discusses topics including shifts in pedagogy with AI tools in mind, teacher training in the age of generative AI, and why the education sector has been relatively slow to adopt new AI-informed practices in the classroom. [Listen to the episode]( [“] Science journalism is hard to do because it takes time to wade through it all and understand the science with enough depth to tell the story properly. But, what’s more important than a planet on fire? —Tony Bartelme, a past winner of the Knight Science Journalism Program’s Victor K. McElheny Award, on the importance of journalism covering issues in science, public health, technology, and the environment [Full story via MIT News →]( This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by [welcoming the Year of the Dragon](. 🐉 Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! —MIT News [Forward This Email]( [Subscribe]( [MIT Logo] 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