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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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CNN Money,
"The benches were deep on both sides." — William Swelbar, research engineer at MIT, on the executive structure after the merger of Continental and United Airlines.
New Scientist,
"Superimposing a historic photo on an up-to-date snap of the same scene is a neat way to bring history to life." — Story on collaborative work from MIT and Adobe on software that can help match current photos to ones taken at the same place and angle previously.
The New York Times,
NBC News is convening its own summit with education and political leaders in September to talk about ways to improve schools in light of statistics showing the U.S. lagging in student achievement. — MIT President Susan Hockfield will take part in the summit.
NECN,
Video: The Culture of Innovation — Director of MIT's Industrial Performance Center and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Richard Lester discusses work out of MIT.
The Washington Post,
"Most telescopes focus on the hottest and brightest objects in the universe. WISE is especially sensitive to seeing what's cool and dark, what you could call the stealth objects of the universe." — Richard Binzel, professor of planetary sciences, on WISE, or Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a new NASA telescope.
The New York Times,
"The goal is to enable people to become creators, not just consumers, in this mobile world." — Hal Abelson, the Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, on software he helped develop to make it easy for people to write applications for Android smartphones.
The Boston Globe,
A pioneer in yeast genetics whose work paved the way for modern molecular biology as well as antibiotic and vaccine development has been honored for his life's work. — Story on Gerald Fink being awarded the $500,000 Genetics Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.
The Guardian,
What about a spoon that uses tiny sensors to measure the temperature, acidity, salinity and viscosity of a food you're making? — Research out of MIT on the kitchen of the future
The Boston Globe,
"The objective was to gather some of the founders, CEOs, and senior execs from the most successful Massachusetts companies of the past decade, and have them talk about how they grew from start-up to major player." — Photos and audio from the first-ever Momentum Summit, held at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
The New York Times,
“I wouldn’t have known the first thing about doing all of this. The people from the Deshpande Center led me through.” — Douglas Hart, professor of mechanical engineering, about how investors are helping ensure that promising ideas are nurtured and turned into successful start-ups.
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