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When Signals Cross: Medical Systems at CSAILProfessor John Guttag and his team of graduate students are working in partnership with clinicians to produce technological solutions for medical problems.

“Diagnosing” the U.S. health care system: in Soundings MagazineThe U.S. health system has been ranked second in the world in expenditures — and 38th in the world for performance. What's going on?

Race, Politics and American MediaJuan Williams and J. Phillip Thompson discuss how the collapse of print and other traditional news and the rise of celebrity culture have contributed to the sharp decline of in-depth stories involving race and society.

Fusion is not only happening in labs at MITMartin Luther King Jr. Visiting Artist Donal Fox teaches MIT students to bridge musical genres

Energy, environment, health care discussed at annual Systems Thinking ConferenceOn Oct. 22-23, MIT faculty and industry leaders discussed the need for a systems-based approach to tackle complex challenges such as health care, energy, and the environment at the 2009 MIT conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges.

Energy, behavior, and climate: Many answers, no miraclesBP CEO Tony Hayward Discusses the Harsh Realities at MITEI Colloquium