It sounds like a prank: a tent pitched under the Great Dome in the Barker Library Reading Room. But this tent was all library business, erected to provide the MIT community access to materials critical for teaching and research.

Via @mitsoftball on Instagram: “Might not have played a game, but this is a special resilient group. #humbleandhungry”

“Some people might see my profile as being all over the place,” says senior Fiona Chen, who has balanced economics research and student advocacy. “The reason why I’m attracted to so many things is that I think everyone has a lot to learn.”

Behind the scenes, a machine learning model developed jointly by Janssen and MIT data scientists played a key role in the clinical trial process for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

On NPR’s “Fresh Air,” Professor Linda Griffith discusses how endometriosis could help unlock some of the mysteries of tissue regeneration. “The regeneration of the endometrium is weirdly not studied as much as it should be,” she says.

SA+P doctoral student Alpha Arsano SM ’17 helps architects design buildings to suit the climate and save energy. “Now is the time to rethink how to address these challenges,” she says.