Thought Leadership

With campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT

MIT's operational staff are key partners to MITOS and in reaching MIT's climate goals. To highlight this, we will be featuring the contributions of one staff member each month.

MIT's operational staff are key partners to MITOS and in reaching MIT's climate goals. To highlight this, we will be featuring the contributions of one staff member each month.

As a full cohort of students and staff return to campus, food will likely play a role in welcoming the MIT community back to campus. In anticipation of shared campus food experiences this academic year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the challenges and opportunities in our food system as well as the people and dishes that got us through the past year.

MIT's operational staff are key partners to MITOS and in reaching MIT's climate goals. To highlight this, we will be featuring the contributions of one staff member each issue.

With a focus on designing solution scenarios for MIT for the short and long term, Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT, led by instructors Julie Newman (Director of Sustainability and DUSP lecturer) and Tim Gutowski (Professor of Mechanical Engineering), engages students in project-based learning with the campus as a test bed for ideas.

MIT's operational staff are key partners to MITOS and in reaching MIT's climate goals. To highlight this, we will be featuring the contributions of one staff member each issue.

In the fall of 2020, a joint effort from MIT Dining, Recycling and Materials Management, and student organizations UA Sustain and Waste Watchers gave students the chance to opt in to receive a free set of reusable utensils.