recent news and features

05/09/08	Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest
05/09/08	MIT Sloan Board Fellows honored
05/09/08	Alexander Rich receives prestigious Welch Award
05/08/08	Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., physics professor emeritus, 88
05/08/08	Turn trash into treasure at May 9 FreeMeet
05/07/08	Study suggests caution on new anti-obesity drug in kids
05/07/08	Engineering an award-winning TV program
05/07/08	A dream come true: Lightman lights up future for Cambodians
05/07/08	China Forum lecture series begins May 14
05/07/08	Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier
05/07/08	Get your MIT news when you want it, how you want it
05/07/08	Department of Mathematics hosting Clay Research Conference May 12-13
05/07/08	New emergency notification program for campus alerts
05/06/08	Steel away: Students prepare for bridge contest
05/06/08	Harnessing sunlight on the cheap
05/06/08	MIT Media Lab announces two new associate directors
05/06/08	$4 million Picower Foundation gift supports neuroscience innovation at MIT
05/06/08	MIT examines reality of slashing vehicle fuel use
05/06/08	MIT commercial property price index turns higher
05/05/08	MIT researchers find novel way to repair airway injuries
05/05/08	Bear continues leadership at Picower Institute
05/05/08	MIT robot tourney concludes May 7-8
05/02/08	Study of universal day care paints mixed picture
05/02/08	Boyce to head MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
05/01/08	Three of MIT's thinkers named to top 100 intellectuals list
05/01/08	MIT researchers find early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer
05/01/08	Singing in the brain: Baby birds' chirps use different neural pathway
04/30/08	An earthquake's aftermath
04/30/08	Harald A. Enge, retired physics professor, 87
04/29/08	Seafoam hits fan over hurricane research
04/29/08	At MIT, Bingaman pushes amped-up U.S. energy policies
04/29/08	Seven from MIT elected to National Academy of Sciences
04/28/08	MIT Arab students honor Nobel laureate, others
04/28/08	Mapping Earth's soil moisture
04/28/08	Arts, sciences fellows named
04/27/08	Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique
04/25/08	Landsman gift aids electric energy-related engineering at MIT
04/25/08	Feynman play 'QED' to be performed starting April 30
04/24/08	Ross named director of MIT Center for Information Systems Research
04/23/08	Teams unravel heparin death mystery
04/23/08	Governor says Mass. can reap benefits from clean energy
04/23/08	KickStart co-founder receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
04/22/08	Faculty OK double majors, CMS SB program
04/22/08	Record-breaking Daedalus project marks 20th anniversary
04/22/08	MIT, Chesonis Foundation announce solar revolution
04/18/08	Edwards urges students to make themselves heard
04/18/08	Tomorrow's soldier: powered, spring-loaded and located
04/18/08	Head of Italy's Geox speaks at MIT Sloan
04/18/08	Your guide to MIT Earth Week 2008
04/17/08	New MIT study validates hurricane prediction
04/17/08	Conference, April 25-26, asks 'what's the use of race?'
04/17/08	Protein role in cell division re-evaluated by MIT researchers
04/16/08	Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory and butterfly effect, dies at 90
04/16/08	U.S. Sen. Bingaman to deliver energy talk April 25
04/16/08	Memorial service planned for Menand on April 22
04/16/08	MIT Libraries unveil new exhibit space
04/16/08	DAPER worker's rare cancer spurs fundraiser
04/16/08	A new era for telephones on campus: MITvoip rollout begins
04/16/08	Gov. Patrick to speak at MIT on Earth Day
04/16/08	News that oozes: Panelists tackle challenges of communicating climate change
04/16/08	MIT Sloan's green future
04/16/08	A blueprint for no carbon footprint
04/16/08	Student conference, April 18-20, targets global poverty
04/15/08	Interview with the dean: Deborah Fitzgerald, SHASS