The Octet Collaborative @octet_collab
The Octet Collaborative is a community of students, faculty and staff at MIT, dedicated to human flourishing, formed by the historic Christian faith. octetcollaborative.org Cambridge, Massachusetts Joined February 2022-
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Reflect on the 2024-25 fiscal year with us — thank you for making this work possible! issuu.com/octetcollabora…
In the final remaining weeks of summer before the next academic year begins, soak up the quiet and draw near to God through these suggested readings.
Whether you're traveling and taking time off or enjoying a quiet summer at home, enrich your soul with these stories of faith and discovery from the Infinite Corridor podcast featuring thoughtful Christian leaders. #MIT podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inf…
A team co-led by #MIT Assoc Prof Danielle Wood's Space Enabled research group has developed and launched the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) Learn more: news.mit.edu/2025/deploying…
What if we could think through new questions on AI and personhood with help from a very old idea? In our newest essay, Octet's Nathan Barczi advocates for the ancient concept of the soul to help us understand what it means to be alive. octetcollaborative.org/essays/the-sou…
We're celebrating our friend Deborah Chung's (MIT '77) recent receipt of @Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award! caltech.edu/about/news/202…
#MIT Professor Katie Galloway is the senior author of a new study on gene circuits allowing for more precise control on gene expression. news.mit.edu/2025/gene-circ…
On Good Friday, Octet's Exec. Dir. Mia Chung-Yee explored J. S. Bach’s oratorio St. Matthew Passion with maestro Richard Westerfield during an online event hosted by @trinityforum. Watch the recording and ponder the magnitude of Christ's sacrifice. ttf.org/portfolios/bac…
#MIT Professor @PhirstDown talks success, failure and fulfillment on the @veritasforum podcast. veritas.org/podcast/an-mit… The recording is from a 2015 Veritas Forum hosted at CalTech.
Nathan Barczi draws on current biblical scholarship to explore questions on the meaning of humanity from an ancient perspective. See if you agree with him — read the essay! octetcollaborative.org/essays/called-…
Are you receiving Octet's monthly e-newsletter, A View from the Dome? Read the latest edition featuring events, a new essay and program updates! conta.cc/4bZeARP
New paper presented at Augmented Humans 2025! “Resonance: Drawing from Memories to Imagine Positive Futures Through Al-Augmented Journaling” by @wazeerzulfikar, Treyden Chiaravalloti, Jocelyn Shen, @RosalindPicard and @PattieMaes @mitmedialab #AHs2025 #mbzuai
Today at @CellSystemsCP we report in back-to-back papers (!) led by @nbwang22 on how cell state potentiates the influence of individual transcription factors to drive cell-fate programming & how we used these insights to scale up production of motor neurons from primary…
Does hope matter in a dying world? Octet partners, MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship, Asian Christian Fellowship and MIT Cru are hosting a Veritas Forum on March 20 at #MIT. Thoughtful discussion, dinner and Insomnia cookies! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Can we be human without love? Assistant Theologian Sam Lee wrote on what our relationships tell us about humanity. Sam explores these complex questions with some ancient sociology, Biblical exegesis, and everyday experience. Read the essay at tinyurl.com/4me5he85 !

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