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MIT in the Media

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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New Scientist,
“(MIT) Neuroengineer Ed Boyden is best known for his pioneering work on optogenetics, which allows brain cells to be controlled using light. A speaker at the TED2011 conference this week, his vision, he tells Rowan Hooper, is nothing less than to understand the brain, treat neural conditions and figure out the basis of human existence.”
Financial Times,
“Rodrigo Arboleda, and MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, ‘launched a campaign that aims to provide the children of Latin America – rich and poor alike- with laptop computers to help promote their education and development.’” — (Registration required to view full article)
The Boston Herald,
Print in another dimension — “In December, MIT Media Lab researcher Amit Zoran used an Objet Connex 500 — which resembles the larger ink-jet printers in most offices — to print a working flute made of plastic.”
The Boston Globe,
“Co-chaired by Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets and an MIT Sloan alumnus, and Patriots vice president Jessica Gelman, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference draws big names to share big ideas in the areas of advanced statistical metrics, innovation, and technology.”
The New York Times,
“The new institute here is taking an innovative approach by uniting cancer scientists and engineers under one roof — an approach that the institute’s director, Tyler Jacks, who is also the David H. Koch Professor of Biology, said should yield results.”
The New York Times blogs,
“The M.I.T. Energy Conference has established itself as a popular destination for industry wonks, venture capitalists and freelance energy geeks looking for a glimpse into how techno-visionaries hope to solve a daunting problem: providing energy for the planet’s six billion people reliably, affordably and, ideally, without making a mess.”
The Boston Globe,
"'MIT has a longstanding interest generally in the interface among science, technology, and art,' said John Durant, director of the MIT Museum.”
The Boston Globe,
“The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT is a bold statement that a university with no medical school intends to remain at the vanguard of fighting cancer. The premium address reflects a universitywide commitment, staked out by MIT president Susan Hockfield, to make cancer exploration a cornerstone of the school in this century.”
Wired,
Cellphone Networks and the Future of Traffic — “The future of mobile sensing isn’t limited to traffic monitoring. The CarTel project at Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated the use of accelerometers mounted on a fleet of a local limo company to detect and map potholes.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education,
“The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, an independent lab affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranks No. 1 on The Scientist’s latest ranking of the best places for postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences to work in the United States.”
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