Power to the people
Entrepreneurs at MIT’s Legatum Center are trying to bring clean-energy solutions to developing countries.
Explained: Defining recessions
It’s not what conventional wisdom holds, as an MIT economist — who heads the bureau charged with identifying U.S. downturns — makes clear.
MIT Sloan launches new Executive MBA Program for high-potential leaders
Application deadline for first cohort is Aug. 15, 2010
All in the family: MIT Sloan becoming home for the Hatamis
Third sibling to receive his MBA this spring; follows his older brother and younger sister.
MIT to file amicus brief in intellectual-property case
Institute will support Stanford in asking U.S. Supreme Court to review dispute that could undermine technology-transfer system.
Q&A with Simon Johnson
MIT’s outspoken bank critic on the state of the financial industry, the need for reform, and the performance of the White House
Temporary gains
MIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers’ income and employment prospects
Reporter's Notebook: Even in the cold, Clover is hot
Campus food truck is filmed for upcoming TLC show
Graduate student’s business storms the cinema lighting industry
Nuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Michael Short is quickly becoming a leader in the cinema lighting industry with his business, the LEDStorm On-Camera Light, which he designed and built in the MIT Hobby Shop.
Reporter’s Notebook: Emergency measures
For drowning surfers, fallen bicyclists and injured mountaineers, students in MIT’s 2.009 class devise products that could save lives.
How to encourage big ideas
A new study suggests certain types of funding — which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results — lead to more innovative and influential research.
All wired up
MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson explains how technology really helps the economy — even as the restructuring it is spurring causes pain.