In class 2.702 (Systems Engineering and Naval Ship Design), naval officers get hands-on experience in project management skills central to their future careers. The class is part of Course 2N, which educates active duty officers in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.

The Christian Science Monitor spotlights undergraduate Subin Kim, an Army veteran, and his experience transferring from community college to MIT through the Transfer Scholars Network, which aims to help community college students find a path to four-year universities.

Misleading headlines from mainstream news sources were an overlooked source of information that likely slowed Covid vaccination rates in the U.S., a study of Facebook users found.

Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, works by derailing the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability, researchers report. Their findings could enable better tools for monitoring patients as they undergo general anesthesia.

“It never occurred to me not to join the military. I knew I wanted ROTC,” says US Air Force Maj. (Ret.) Teri Centner ’89. Soon after graduating from MIT, she found herself reverse-engineering Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles — the start of 20 years of military service.

With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients could walk faster, avoid obstacles, and climb stairs more naturally than people with a traditional amputation.