By delivering an HIV vaccine candidate along with two adjuvants, researchers showed they could generate many more HIV-targeting B cells in mice.

Research from the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy looks at whether and how AI tools can successfully perform tasks that have historically depended on human judgment, from negotiating contracts to exploring legal arguments.

The chief information officer at Columbia University will join MIT in August.

John Fernandez will step down as head of the Environmental Solutions Initiative, as its components will become part of the Climate Project and other entities.

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and MIT’s chief innovation and strategy officer, has been named the Institute’s new provost. In announcing Chandrakasan’s new role, President Sally Kornbluth noted that he “brings to this post an exceptional record of shaping and leading important innovations for the Institute.”