Auction to benefit Habitat House
In an effort to raise $60,000 to fund the MIT chapter of Habitat for Humanity’s first MIT Habitat House, the MIT Club of Boston is holding an auction on Feb. 2 featuring items such as alumni-donated services and a piece of the old Building 20.

Host of "Greater Boston" extols TV news
At a talk at MIT, Emily Rooney, who hosts a Boston-area current affairs program, proclaimed that "not watching TV is no longer a bragging point." January 24

Hewitt takes controls at CSR
MIT physics professor and radio astronomer Jacqueline N. Hewitt has become the new director of the Center for Space Research. January 23.

Kleppner honored by NAS
For "his leadership in merging the research fields of atomic physics, quantum degenerate systems and low-temperature physics," Professor Daniel Kleppner will receive $10,000 from the National Academy of Science and deliver a lecture on his work. January 23

Chandra telescope designer wins Rossi Prize
MIT alumnus Leon Van Speybroeck has been awarded the 2002 Bruno Rossi Prize of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. January 23

Service set for Keil
A memorial service for retired MIT Dean of Engineering A.H. Keil, who died Jan. 9, will be held Feb. 25 at MIT.

Retired conductor dies
David Epstein, the conductor the MIT Symphony Orchestra for 33 years, died Tuesday at the age of 71. January 17

New North Station shuttle
A free rush-hour shuttle service that links North Station, the MIT campus and Cambridgeport began operating recently. January 16