Current Issue: Fall 2008
COVER STORY: Telescoping Genius
Graduate fellowships make it possible for MIT to draw the best students in the world and for these scholars to make progress in various fields of study.
A Letter from the President
Graduate fellowships
Life Is Not Virtual
Journalist Tom Brokaw visits MIT, urging the community to use technology wisely.
Upholding a Dream
Judy Swanson, along with MIT alumni, establish a biotechnology center in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research to honor Bob Swanson, '69. Photo courtesy Judy Swanson
Predictably Irrational
Prof. Dan Ariely has written a new book that explores irrational economic thinking, like why we value things more when we pay more.
Big Losers
Asst. Prof. Natasha Schull, who has studied Las Vegas gambling for 15 years, says the casino industry is becoming increasingly effective at taking gamblers' money.
Better Technology
Prof. Richard Lester is now working with others to determine how new energy technologies can become as ubiquitous as the cell phone.
Medical Mystery
Prof. Emery Brown says that what induces general anesthesia remains unknown.
Empowering Children
Samiksha '10 and Shriddha '09 Nayak changed the lives of 150 children in a rural village in India when they bought them a computer.
Giving Back
Ray Sidney makes a gift to support graduate fellowships to honor a former professor.
