| Seeing Atoms | | | | | | | | With a new technique, optical microscopes can zero in on individual atoms within a crystal structure. It’s “something people thought only electron microscopes or X-rays could do,” says graduate student Sophia Duan. “That opens up a whole new way of studying materials and biology.” | | | | This is your brain without sleep New research shows attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain — a process that normally occurs during sleep. |  | | | | | | | Engineering better care In Giovanni Traverso’s lab, the focus is always on making life better for patients. |  | | | | | | | Creating AI that matters A look at how the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is shaping AI-sociotechnical systems for the future. |  | | | | | | | At MIT, a day of hands-on, kid-friendly learning Organized by the MIT Museum, the 2025 Cambridge Science Carnival included activities with air cannons, sea bots, and electron microscopes. |  | | | | | | | Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor A free comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI and technological change affect workers and shared prosperity. |  | | | | | | | The queen of tessellations Madonna Yoder ’17 is a tessellation expert who teaches, invents new designs, and writes papers on the underlying math of folded arts. |  | | | | | | | How one neighborhood engineers the ultimate Halloween spectacle // The New York Times Maria Paskowitz ’96, MBA ’02 and her neighbors have maintained a longstanding community tradition of transforming their Manhattan neighborhood into an open-air museum of Halloween art. This year Paskowitz has transformed “the exterior of the brownstone where she’s lived for the past decade into a colosseum.” | | | | | | | This AI method could turbocharge the hunt for new medicines // Nature Professor Alex Shalek and his colleagues developed a deep-learning model called DrugReflector aimed at speeding up the process of drug discovery. | | | | | | | Want to get the most out of AI? Put people first // Time At a recent conference, professor of the practice Zeynep Ton emphasized the importance of businesses having an employee-focused strategy when implementing new AI tools. | | | | | | | Exhibiting in plain sight: Six permanent displays to put on your list // The Boston Globe “Made to Measure,” a permanent exhibit at the MIT Museum, offers visitors a peek at the science of measurement, showcasing instruments that have been central to scientific research and discovery at MIT and beyond. | | | | | | Name: Jennifer Jackson
Affiliation: People and operations lead at Blueprint Labs
Years at MIT: 4
Roles and responsibilities: I oversee grants, finances, HR, and other operational systems. My job is to keep the wheels turning so our economists and researchers can focus on their work.
Best thing about your job: Definitely the people. I get to work with incredibly smart and thoughtful colleagues who are doing research that shapes policy and improves society. I also love that the work is varied. One day I might be deep in financial planning, the next I’m working on hiring or helping to strengthen our team culture. It keeps me engaged!
Hobbies and interests outside work: I stay busy! You might find me walking my dog, working in my community garden, cooking and baking elaborate projects, or spending time with my community in my free time.
Full interview via MIT SHASS→ | | | | | | | “Reposo y Recuerdo” (“Rest and Remember”), an installation by MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology Lecturer Laura Anderson Barbata, is now on display at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The colorful and participatory installation invites visitors to remember loved ones in the spirit of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), a tradition celebrated in Mexico and parts of Latin America to honor the departed through music, dancing, and ofrendas — altars adorned with offerings. “My hope is that people will take a moment from the crazy busy schedules that everyone has in New York, and just wind down, take a moment for themselves, and recall and connect with the memories of people that you love,” Barbata says. | | From sports drinks to self-driving cars, some of the most transformative innovations have emerged when universities and businesses join forces. In this episode of the MIT CSAIL Alliances Podcast, host Kara Miller talks with Lori Glover, managing director of global strategic alliances at MIT CSAIL and author of “Innovation Alchemy,” about the surprising ways academic research and industry collaboration shape technology, talent, and the global economy. Together, they explore stories from the invention of Gatorade to modern AI research, the challenges of aligning two very different cultures, and how collaborations can spark unexpected breakthroughs, sometimes changing entire industries.
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