MSNBC
"A robotic plane with the moves and speed of birds, and relies on its own senses to deftly dart between a city's skyscrapers, street lights and power lines, has taken a big step closer to reality."
In the Media
AP at The Washington Post
"Profiles of President Barack Obama’s two nominees to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board who were confirmed by the Senate on Thursday."
AP at Boston.com
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named L. Rafael Reif (RIFE) as its new president."
New Scientist
"In August, the Russian government, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will open the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology."
The Wall Street Journal
"The Journal this week examined how companies can keep workers motivated after a windfall like an IPO, but perhaps just as important as addressing the needs of the newly wealthy is watching out for those who don’t have seven-figure portfolios."
The Boston Globe
“I cannot tell you that this is a dream come true," he said, “because it’s a dream I never dared to imagine." -MIT President-elect L. Rafael Reif
The Chronicle of Higher Education
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday filled its top leadership position with one of its own."
The New York Times
"At a news conference on Wednesday morning announcing his appointment, Mr. Reif told of growing up in a poor home, speaking Spanish and Yiddish, and coming to the United States as a graduate student, with little command of English, to prepare himself for an academic career, his dream for a better life."
Bloomberg Businessweek
“It is incredibly humbling for me to be standing here as the president-elect of MIT,” Reif said.
Wired
"A pair of MIT Media Lab researchers are using Kickstarter to pitch an invention kit that can turn everyday objects into computer keys and buttons."
New Scientist
"Ever wanted to move Pac-Man using pencil drawings, make music with bananas or type an email with alphabet soup? Now you can thanks to Makey Makey, a simple circuit board that turns almost any object into a computer key."
The Boston Globe
"No woman won the John Bates Clark Medal in the first 60 years that the American Economic Association awarded the prize, considered by economists as second in prestige only to the Nobel. Last month, however, MIT professor Amy Finkelstein became the third woman in the last five years to gain the honor, which recognizes the top US economist under 40."
The Boston Globe
"At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week, industry executives and academics met in an effort to devise better industrial technologies and train better prepared workers."
Popular Science
"Now a new brain-computer interface could turn your computer into a more sympathetic partner, taking over some of your tasks when it senses you're overworked."
The New York Times
"As Facebook turns to Wall Street in the biggest public offering ever by an Internet company, it faces a new, unenviable test: how to keep growing and enriching its hungry new shareholders."