Maxine Jonas teaches in the Biological Engineering Department at MIT (Course 20), working with students on lab-centric classes. She earned her own PhD at MIT, and returned to teach here after a world-traveling career with BioTrove. These days, when not in the gym, you might find her teaching undergraduates how to build a fluorescence microscope
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I grew up in a family that loved to adventure in the outdoors. We were always exploring, backpacking, camping, hunting, fishing, biking and in general, getting dirty. Our family took 2 week road trips every summer and explored the National Parks and Monuments of American’s West. We were invited guests for an authentic Pow Wow
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Lincoln Ford, a Vet-tech at MIT-DCM, is a regular of the Alumni-Wang facility these days. While not brand new to working out by any means, he hasn’t been at it for too long either. “I have been working out about two to three years now, sometimes on and off, but for a year and some
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With the 121st Boston Marathon less than a week away, MIT Recreation is thrilled to highlight a few members of our community who will run this year. Training for a marathon takes hard work and discipline, and we applaud these runners for their dedication. We especially wish them luck, safety and maybe even some good
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Nutrition Coaching is not just for the chronic junk-food eater, or the brand-new to healthy eating. Sometimes we all could use a little help in the nutrition department, no matter what our current menu looks like. Grace Chua, originally hailing from Singapore and welcomed to the MIT Recreation community with her husband, is a great
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For many of us, the workout year is pretty similar. Some of us are ‘runners,’ others are ‘swimmers’, and some will mix it up – maybe weight lifting with some kickboxing thrown in. Not Tarek Fadel though, MIT Recreation Member and Assistant Director at the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine. He approaches fitness a little
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