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The following news clips about MIT, updated on a regular basis, are just a partial selection of our most recent media coverage.
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Bloomberg,
“'If you think about which country is going to take advantage of this tremendous progress that we can make in online instruction, I don’t think any country is better positioned' than the U.S., Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers said today."
Boston Globe,
"MIT is...a hub of advanced research, a training ground for entrepreneurs, and a source of talent that forces important companies to set up shop nearby, or risk losing out on new hires." - Paul McMorrow/Globe
NPR,
"'It was called an underground cathedral when it opened in 1904,' Ochsendorf says. 'The public was afraid to go underground at that time, and so these vaults and this beautiful, decorative, colorful ceiling really helped people feel comfortable in a grand space below the city.'"
The New York Times,
"'In just 15 months, he built a life with us that was rich in friendship and shared adventure,' Dr. Reif said. 'And he touched people across our community with his deep kindness and openhearted willingness to help, his humor and enthusiasm, his playful charm.'"
BBC News,
"Its ancient appearance has earned it the title 'living fossil' - but it is so elusive, that it has been hard to study."
Nature,
"Cooled to a temperature of just 40 millikelvins, the CDMS-II detectors sense heat given off when a particle collides with one of their crystals. The challenge is distinguishing a possible WIMP collision from the many collisions of other particles, such as neutrons."
Time Magazine,
"Sketchpad was so clever that it’s still cool today; it must have been unimaginably so almost fifty years ago."
Scientific American,
"Scientists once thought glia, which are at least as prevalent as neurons in the brain, were passive support cells; the word 'glia' comes from the Greek word for 'glue.' Research in the past decade has revealed that these cells, as well as neurons, are active players in cognition."
The Wall Street Journal,
"'The old educational financing model frankly is no longer sustainable...This is an evidence-based approach to a new form of learning.'"
Boston Globe,
"Cambridge, eager to preserve Kendall Square as a hothouse of innovation, is poised to become the first community in the country to require commercial developers to set aside lower-cost offices for start-up companies and budding entrepreneurs."
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