How to communicate science visually
Sometimes color helps. Sometimes it just gets in the way.That’s just one example of the lack of simple prescriptions for how to use visual materials to clearly communicate scientific concepts or...
View ArticleCommunication course gives engineers tools to convey ideas
If you’re playing improvisational games or Taboo in class, chances are you’re in 6.UAT (Oral Communication). This is not your average engineering class — yet instructors and students agree that 6.UAT...
View ArticleMaking more than pretty pictures
Whether it’s in academia or industry, there’s an underappreciated and overlooked obstacle to success: Solid research becomes undone by a sub-standard image.Felice Frankel sees this happen regularly....
View ArticleMIT will be the hub of the universe for science writers this October
Every autumn since 1983, science writers have arrived at MIT in groups of eight to a dozen to take part in the Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) fellowships at MIT — the world’s best-known and most...
View ArticleCommunicating engineering research at MERE showcase
On a hot fall day this September, Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) graduate students were carefully hanging up posters along the perimeter of Walker Memorial’s main room. More than 125...
View ArticleBringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people
The promise of compelling science communications was on full display at MIT Oct. 9-13, as the Institute welcomed some 800 science writers, editors, and producers to ScienceWriters2015, the largest...
View ArticleScience writers visit MIT’s fusion experiment
On the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, the control room of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s (PSFC) Alcator C-Mod tokamak was as lively as on a typical weekday. But instead of being filled...
View ArticleHow to make better visualizations
Spend 10 minutes on social media, and you’ll learn that people love infographics. But why, exactly, do we gravitate towards articles with titles like “24 Diagrams to Help You Eat Healthier” and “All...
View Article3 Questions: Alan Brody on “Small Infinities”
You may have read books about Isaac Newton. But have you ever seen a play about him? Now is your chance. The MIT 2016 celebrations, commemorating the Institute’s 100th year in Cambridge, include the...
View ArticleKnight Science Journalism Program selects fellowship class of 2016-17
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT (KSJ), a global fellowship program for journalists covering science, technology, health, and the environment, has announced that 10 journalists,...
View ArticleDavid Corcoran named associate director of the Knight Science Journalism...
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced that David Corcoran, longtime editor of Science Times, the weekly science section of The New York Times, will be joining the KSJ team as its...
View ArticleNew season of "Science Out Loud" sparks curiosity
No equations allowed. This basic rule drives the thinking behind "Science Out Loud," an original web series hosted and co-written by MIT students. The fun, engaging videos are geared towards middle and...
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Seeing science
What do engineers see when they look at their nanocrystal, microneedle, and quantum-dot experiments? Results, of course.In a June workshop administered by the Department of Chemical Engineering, a...
View ArticleEngineer, explain thyself
A graduate student doing research on materials for circuit design might not share lab space with someone working on machine learning, but they still have a shared need: to explain what they’re working...
View ArticleWorking with purpose
Students gain many valuable experiences through their time at MIT, but not many can say they've produced a video that “marries the exciting grossness of listeria with cool cell biology.” Eben Bein, who...
View ArticleAt forum, MIT community tackles tough ethical questions of climate change
The ethical challenges presented by climate change and the question of what individuals — and academic institutions like MIT — can do to effect change drew approximately 250 people to Morss Hall at MIT...
View ArticleTerrascope Radio documentary wins national award
An audio documentary produced by nine freshmen has received a 2016 Student Production Award from College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI). Their piece, “Rebeldes: A Journey Through New Mexican Agriculture,”...
View ArticleTop tweets of 2016
2016 was a remarkable year for MIT, which in the spring celebrated 100 years since its move from Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts. The year was remarkable on Twitter as well, as MIT's followers more...
View ArticleInterstellate: Celebrating the the beauty of neuroscience
“Scientists take beautiful images of the brain every day, and for the most part no one gets to see them," says Caitlin Vander Weele, a graduate student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive...
View ArticleHow the smallest, most abundant bacteria inspired a children's book series
How do plants bring the Earth to life? How does the sun move water around the Earth?These are seemingly elementary questions, but many people — young and old — struggle to answer them. As a professor...
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