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Wall Street Journal

What would President Obama's pledge to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 83% by 2050 mean in practice for the U.S. energy infrastructure? - Professor Richard Lester, head of the nuclear science and engineering department at MIT, comments on the implications of these reductions ahead of the President's speech at the Copenhagen climate change summit.
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Bloomberg

If you want to tout that fake Louis Vuitton Le Radieux handbag as the real deal, you had better look the part, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher. - Story on research by Renee Richardson Gosline, an assistant professor of marketing at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
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Forbes

"I like to say that there are no disabled people. Only disabled technology." - Professor Hugh Herr, director of the biomechatronics group at MIT's Media Lab, on his work designing better prosthetic devices.
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The Boston Globe

"I kept saying, 'What 1,000 words am I going to choose that’s going to get across who I am?'" - MIT senior Ugwechi Amadi, on the 1,000-word statement she had to write as part of the Rhodes scholar selection process. Amadi and two other MIT students — Caroline Huang and Steven Mo — won scholarships this year.
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Santa Fe New Mexican

"Clearly it's time for a combination of creative thinking and tough-mindedness — and nobody has more of that latter quality than Massachusetts Institute of Technology." - Article on needed budget cuts in New Mexico titled "Could state take cue from MIT cost-cutting?"
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WBZ TV

"And news flash, it wasn't the most user friendly place." - Rick Borovoy, a visiting scientist at MIT's Center for Future Civic Media, on Boston, and a new signage project to help visitors and residents get around the city.
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New Scientist

Neumann's analysis reveals that most of the arsenic in well water today seeped underground from ponds dug about 50 years ago, though pits are still being dug today, which could exacerbate poisoning in future. - Article on MIT research that discovered the cause of mass poisoning in Bangladesh.
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The Boston Globe

"The boomer population is really interested in retaining its marbles, but I am dubious that a population that won’t work out 30 minutes a day or eat a decent meal will make the time and priority to sit down in front of [programs] unless they are engaging. - AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin, on carefully designed computer "brain games" for adults.
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The Washington Post

"If we could collect in tax revenues all the dollars in savings and new wages that people will get because of this bill, it would bring the cost well below $900 billion." - MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, on the health care reform bill
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The Wall Street Journal

"I've been here 23 years and I definitely see this trend back to hands-on. A lot of people are pretty disappointed with an image of a career in finance and they're looking for a career that's real." - MIT professor and Director of the Lemelson-MIT program Michael Cima, on the return of "tinkering" and hands-on work.
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Boston Herald

"The MIT CEP is a platform to help students catapult their ideas to the next level.” - Story on MIT's $200,000 Clean Energy Prize
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CNBC.com

Here's a business idea to turn that frown upside down. It's the Happiness Hat, a contraption designed by MIT grad and artist Lauren McCarthy. - Story on a device that forces the user to keep smiling.
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Bloomberg Television

"That's the way we bring the most talented, most brilliant students to MIT." - MIT President Susan Hockfield on the Institute's efforts to expand student financial aid amid a challenging economic climate.
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USA Today

"He's not a Division I player saying, 'I need to get a job in the NFL.' He's a computer programmer who's saying, 'I need to get a job at Google.'" - MIT senior Mike Fitzgerald on friend and football teammate DeRon Brown, who is leading Division III in rushing yards.
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The Boston Globe

"I can’t help myself. There’s data out there, and it’s the only thing going. If you’re a little crafty, you can tease out things that are not obvious." - Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor and Head of Political Science Charles Stewart III, on his work analyzing the Boston mayoral race.
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