When MIT was founded in 1861, the Institute originally filled Boston’s newly developed Back Bay neighborhood. In the decades that followed, the departments and students increased, and in 1916, MIT crossed the Charles River for a new campus in Cambridge.

Since its move to Cambridge, the Institute continued to establish itself as one of the world’s top universities and its alumni and faculty have tackled society’s most pressing challenges. Earlier this year, as part of MIT’s campus centennial celebration, the Institute hosted the symposium, “Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future.” (http://mit2016.mit.edu/)

In this Slice of MIT podcast, you’ll hear a selection of the faculty presentations that took place at the symposium. Learn how solar power is creating more drinkable water in rural India; how texting is helping transform Kenya’s financial system; how cities can help solve climate change; and how mucus is solving global health problems.

Featuring (in chronological order):
Assistant Professor Amos Winter SM ’05, PhD ’10
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Global Engineering and Research Lab

Associate Dean Yasheng Huang
MIT Sloan Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Associate Professor Tavneet Suri
MIT Sloan School of Management

Professor Katharina Ribbeck
Department of Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor Heidi Williams
Department of Economics

Professor John Fernandez ’85
Director, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

More information on the symposium: http://bit.ly/2bGJ5OK
Watch the Beyond 2016 symposium: http://bit.ly/2c2EUNP

Music: “Inspired," Call to Adventure,” “Cut and Run,” “Space Fighter Loop,” “Backed Vibes Clean,” and “Floating Cities”
All songs by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0