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Raj Tahil credits MIT for boosting his entrepreneurial spirit. “I learned to look at problems as interesting opportunities,” says President of Torpac Capsules, which specializes in custom capsules and pharmaceutical equipment. In the spirit of creating opportunities, Tahil and his wife, Mary Joe Renને, have created the MIT Donor-Advisable Fund (DAF) – an increasingly popular…
Cassandria Campbell, MCP ’11, explores her interest in food in her first summer job working with food projects on farms in Lincoln, Massachusetts and Roxbury, where she grew up. She recalls, “I really enjoyed the experience of seeing things grow, and I admired how much Roxbury is changing by bringing people together and turning spaces…
Geothermal energy is a promising source of energy that is limited by factors including the need to find plants in areas where deep warm water reservoirs are easily accessible below the surface of the earth. Carlos Arak is considering replacing it with quizzes by his company, using groundbreaking technology developed at MIT. “We need to…
When Jesse Solomon ’91 first started teaching at a middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the 1990’s, he was overwhelmed. “I had 25 students working at eight different grade levels – some learning English, some on individual education plans,” he says. “I wasn’t ready for that level of complexity.” Fortunately, an experienced teacher was in…
I had the opportunity to observe U in its natural habitat that evening. He led me and the gang through a set of carved metal doors to the club and across the courtyard, where the traditional stone structure was replaced with thick glass. Inside he led us down to a huge table under that transparent…
While farmers rely on the Rio Grande for irrigation, much of the water that El Paso residents drink actually comes from deep underground aquifers. These critical water sources are also at risk. In 1979, the Texas Water Development Board estimated that El Paso would run out of groundwater by 2031. At that time, each resident…
The threats of ransomware will continue to grow until governments and technological innovations make significant changes to the cost-benefit calculations for attackers, as crime is simply too lucrative. Such attacks are also expected to increase in serious industries where it is imperative to pay cyber criminals to protect health and safety. New tactics are expected…