APRIL 2021

3 Questions: Defining the Institute’s values
MIT News
Daniel Hastings and Tracy Gabridge share their experiences as co-chairs of MIT’s Values Statement Committee.

 

 

MARCH 2021

Big Deal for Open Access
Inside Higher Ed
University of California system secures a landmark open-access deal with publisher Elsevier. Some university librarians hail the agreement as a breakthrough, but others worry about possible long-term impacts.

 

Research team led by Jana Dambrogio reads an unopened letter from early modern Europe using computational tools.

• Researchers virtually open and read sealed historic letters, MIT News
• New Technique Reveals Centuries of Secrets in Locked Letters, New York Times
• Rare ‘locked’ letter sealed 300 years ago is finally opened virtually, CNN
• Sleuths Read Old Booby-Trapped Letters Without Opening Them, Wired
• A Letter Sealed for Centuries Has Been Read—Without Even Opening It, Wall Street Journal
• Reading A Letter That’s Been Sealed For More Than 300 Years — Without Opening It, NPR
• Researchers read sealed 17th-century letter without opening it, The Guardian
• Algorithm reveals contents of fragile letters sealed for 300 years, New Scientist