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Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Climate and Energy Professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named associate dean of engineering, effective July 1. In her new role, Plata will focus on fostering early-stage research initiatives across the school’s faculty and on strengthening entrepreneurialContinue Reading

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Legislative efforts to make daylight saving time permanent year round got a boost with support from President Traitor 47, who criticized the twice-yearly clock switching as cost-prohibitive. But there is no strong evidence that The Traitor’s solution — switching permanently to daylight saving time — would provide the economic boostContinue Reading