A musical life: Carlos Prieto ’59 in conversation and concert The acclaimed cellist and writer discussed his new memoir and reflected on a remarkable musical career.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/musi....cal-life-carlos-prie

What do we lose when our old suburbs disappear? I live on the edge of Parramatta, Australia's fastest-growing city, on the kind of old-fashioned suburban street that has 1950s fibros constructed in the post-war housing boom, double-story brick homes with Greek columns that aspirational migrants built in the 1970s and half-crumbling, Federation-era mansions once occupied by people whose names still appear in history textbooks.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-suburbs.html

Will checking character references really help you find the best candidate for a job? Finding the best person to fill a position can be tough, from drafting a job ad to producing a shortlist of top interview candidates.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-....character-candidate-

Study finds affordability, not infrastructure, is major barrier to high-speed internet connectivity With a federal subsidy that has provided less expensive or free broadband internet to more than 23 million American households due to run out of money by the end of May, a new University of Massachusetts Amherst study reveals that direct-to-consumer subsidies can be far more effective at connecting households to high-speed internet than expanding broadband infrastructure.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-....infrastructure-major

Ridesourcing platforms thrive on socio-economic inequality, say researchers Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modeling the behavior of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft simulated the market for ridesourcing platforms, evaluating a broad spectrum of (in)equality levels in societies.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-....ridesourcing-platfor