MIT Tech Connection

Few places on Earth are as hot as Iceland’s Krafla caldera, a volcanic crater where magma exists at surprisingly shallow depths. For John Eichelberger ’70, SM ’71, reaching that magma is the terrestrial equivalent of going to the moon.

Saha Global, cofounded by Kate Cincotta SM ’09 and Vanessa Green MEng ’08, MBA ’11, helps Ghanaian women start profitable water treatment businesses to serve their communities.

“I think Covid-19 has helped us to be more open to the conversation [about death] and has pushed people to think about preparing early,” says Virginia Chang ’85, an end-of-life doula who helps those approaching their final days.

Does reducing industry’s carbon footprint trigger widespread job loss? Not necessarily, says Michael Kearney SM ’11, SM ’19, PhD ’19, who is helping to chart a path to deep decarbonization in the US.

While many have been away from MIT for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute’s campus has been transformed: Two new student residences are complete, and new buildings have helped shape the Institute’s “front door” in Kendall Square.

Join the MIT Alumni Career Design Fellowship—an online program that will help you achieve clarity, create an action plan, and gain the confidence you need to figure out next steps for your career. Enroll by April 5.

As a member of the MIT Alumni Association, you have access to many benefits and opportunities, including financial services options through the MIT Federal Credit Union—credit cards, home and auto loans, and more. Learn more.

MIT’s Killian and Compton lecture series are open to the MIT community. Hear from MIT atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon (Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies and Chemistry) on “The Antarctic Ozone Hole: A Global Success Story of Science and Policy” (April 14), and Kwame Anthony Appiah (professor of philosophy and law at New York University) on “Thinking About Racism” (April 22).