MIT e-news

July 2008

campus

• Robert C. Seamans Jr., former dean of the School of Engineering, dies (June 30)
• Building 6C's design firm wins prestigious award (June 27)
• MIT engaging presidential campaigns in national dialogue (June 25)
• Media Lab celebrates co-founder Davenport's career (June 25)
• Grin and Barrett (June 23)
• MIT Energy Initiative and Bosch announce energy collaboration (June 23)
• Berners-Less named 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering (June 20)
• Ex-CENTCOM commander joins MIT Center for International Studies (June 19)
• Interview with the dean: Adele Santos, School of Architecture and Planning (June 11)
• Commencement 2008 full coverage (June 8)
• Corporation names new members at meeting (June 6)

research

• Experts describe promise of nanotech for cancer detection (June 30)
• New probe may help untangle cells' signaling pathways (June 27)
• Solar system's biggest impact scar discovered (June 25)
• MIT-led team finds language without numbers (June 24)
• MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging (June 19)
• Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines (June 18)
• MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests (June 18)
• MIT researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways (June 12)
• Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases (June 5)

feature

• Harnessing solar energy like plants do (June 20)

upcoming MIT events

• Light Trap for Dan Flavin
  Wednesday, July 16
• The Achilles' heels of cancer
  Wednesday, July 23
• QED
  July 24-Aug. 3

clips & quotes

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• MIT gets inventive with 'EurekaFest'
  Boston Metro, June 27, The Associated Press
• MIT's Junot Diaz (video)
  Colbert Report, Comedy Central, June 18
• Potential new weapon against TB: free cell phone minutes
  USA Today, June 13, The Associated Press
• MIT predicts tech to jump start economy
  CNET, June 3, Stefanie Olsen
• More clips

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