Via @mitsailingpavilion on Instagram: “Just because it’s winter doesn't mean we will stop posting sunset pics! Work is underway to be ready for the next season - lots of boats means lots of projects!”

CSAIL researchers’ new AI model produces human-like vocal imitations of everyday sounds. Like a sketch of a visual scene, “our method captures the abstract, non-phono-realistic ways humans express the sounds they hear,” Kartik Chandra says.

Ariel White explores how previously incarcerated people and others on the margins of U.S. politics might participate more fully in our democracy. Although they tend to be left out of discussions on voting, “I think there is a much broader story to be told here,” she says.

Richard Locke PhD ’89 has been named dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management. A former faculty member, the accomplished scholar and energetic leader returns to the Institute with a broad vision and deep experience.

Via @mitlogs on Instagram: “Big thanks to everyone who showed up to our Fall Concert: Avalog the Last Harmonybender!! Stay tuned for another great semester of music”

A new formula predicts whether a newly introduced species will establish itself in a community or fail to gain a foothold and die out. From soils to forests to the human GI tract, “invasions can be harmful or can be good depending on the context,” Jiliang Hu says.