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Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reductionCeramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.

Human touchIn many quarters, reaction to L. Rafael Reif’s election as MIT president focuses on his personal qualities.

L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT’s 17th presidentAs provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.

SUTD marks start of its first academic yearSingaporean university, established in consultation with MIT, enrolls 340 students in its inaugural class.

Inventor honored for bridging innovation and humanitarianism to help millions globally live safer livesDr. Ashok Gadgil Receives $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for Scientific Solutions to the Global Water Crisis, and Energy and Fuel Efficiency

MITx: What the students thinkFrom Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.

Through a glass, clearlyMIT researchers find a way to make glass that’s anti-fogging, self-cleaning and free of glare.

Facing the facts about our changing climateMIT researchers join Boston Globe panel in weighing climate risks and resolutions.

Sara Seager named co-winner of the 2012 Sackler Prize

Studying the effects of coconuts being made into biofuelDivya Agarwal travels to Fiji as part of an independent study project.

Freshman Jimenez-Galindo and junior Trac win de Courtivron PrizesPrize honors cross-cultural fluency

Research team wins Somiya Award for International Collaboration

Slideshow: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits MITBrazil and MIT discuss possible future collaboration.

School of Engineering to explore collaboration with ITASix-month evaluation will examine the feasibility of a collaboration.

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True AfricaImproving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa

MIT students teach hands-on learning abroadMISTI Global Teaching Labs attracts students looking to share the Institute's unique approach to science and engineering education.

Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus educationNew online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.

A fight for rightsIn MIT talk, exiled Nobel Prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi promises a continued ‘fight for full and complete equality’ for Iran’s women.

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: wecyclersIncentivizing recycling in the slums of Nigeria

All the difference in the worldIn new book, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson assert that above all else, political institutions — not culture or natural resources — determine the wealth of nations.

On the hunt for mathematical beautyAlexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: ImagínateCreating professional development opportunities for university students in Mexico.

MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative receives grantProject prepares for year two in its response to Japan's disaster.

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: EssmartImproving access to vital technologies in rural India