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Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator AwardDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering assistant professor is investigating a bottom-up approach to quantum information devices.

Jens Hainmueller: A 'numbers' guy takes on pressing public policy issuesPolitical science associate professor ties together qualitative and quantitative ways of thinking about politics and society.

Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn AwardUndergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.

MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in DavosTalks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.

Here comes the sunA new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency.

Making her moveMIT senior overcame disabilities to study materials science, hoping to pave the way for other aspiring engineers.

Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research PrizeHonored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.

MISTI 2.0 selects 2011-2012 grantees

Traditional social networks fueled Twitter’s spreadSite’s U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users.

MIT launches online learning initiative'MITx' will offer courses online and make online learning tools freely available.

PhD candidate Malek wins Marshall Sherfield Fellowship

3 Questions: Stephen Van Evera on the withdrawal from IraqA look at the prospects for peace as U.S. troops leave.

Perreau receives Newton Fellowship from the British AcademyReceives research associate appointment from Cambridge University

In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nationsIn 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.

The new NSE strategyStrengthens core, opens boundaries; seeks better integration of technical and societal issues.

MIT Professional Education brings Lean Enterprise to South America

Allen Lin ’11, MEng ’11 named Marshall ScholarRecent alum will hone interests in policy, synthetic biology through study in the United Kingdom.

MIT senior Stephanie Lin wins Rhodes ScholarshipStudent in biology, applied international studies will study at Oxford next year.

MIT delegation attends Singaporean university’s groundbreakingFive-day, three-nation Asian trip includes meetings with Institute friends and collaborators.

Building hands-on instructorsHobby Shop makes MIT’s manus tangible for visiting Singapore professors.

Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium convenes inaugural Boston open house

Taylor Fravel decodes China’s foreign policyA political scientist analyzes the decisions of a world power.

BLOSSOMS announces new contestStudents invited to create new videos for high school math classes.

Educating young women, rebuilding CambodiaAlan Lightman discusses his social entrepreneurial work in building the first college dormitories for women in Cambodia.

3 Questions: Carol Kessler on nonproliferation and the marriage of technology and policy