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"If mindfulness was a pill, it would have been flying off the shelves in pharmacies."  - Professor John Gabrieli, MIT Integrated Learning Initiative Director

Throughout every corner of MIT, faculty, researchers, and staff are working on research and projects to help solve the many challenges brought on by the Covid-19 crisis. From medical research to manufacturing, online learning to socioeconomic disparities, the MIT community has amassed a vast wealth of knowledge about the pandemic.

Meet Sharleen Loh, an undergraduate student at Harvard and part of the Reach Every Reader team.

Could more tests actually make students less stressed? Could a science-fair style poster session really go virtual? Could YouTube videos replace final exams? These MIT professors seem to think so!

Pawan Sinha is a professor of vision and computational neuroscience in MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences department.

Congrats to MIT Full STEAM Ahead (FSA)! They took top honors at the 2020 Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards for innovation in K-12 education, presented during the annual Reimagine Education Conference. Read more

Devan serves as the assistant dean in the Office of Minority Education (OME).

Join MITili affiliated faculty members Cynthia Breazeal and Eric Klopfer for a discussion on AI Education on December 8. 

John Gabrieli is a neuroscientist at MIT, and an associate member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. He is a faculty member in the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and director of the Martinos Imaging Center, part of the McGovern Institute.

In their online xTalk, Professor Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto, co-authors of Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn, shared a bold vision for the future of teaching and learning, emphasizing science-based practices, engagement, and access for all.