Associated Press at Boston.com
"Residents of an MIT dorm dropped an upright piano from their roof Thursday to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having them appear on their college transcript."
In the Media
The Huffington Post
"A simple, unobtrusive sensor ‘could gauge the severity of epileptic seizures’, reports Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) in this week’s issue of Neurology."
The Wall Street Journal
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Amy Finkelstein won the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal."
CNN
"If a smartphone or tablet with glass that’s glare-free, repels liquids and is self-cleaning sounds appealing, you might want to start following MIT’s research."
The Washington Post
"The question is which dominates: The desire to keep more of the money you make or the desire to have more money in total?"
The Wall Street Journal
"America’s top young economist will be honored on Friday with the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal." - MIT's Amy Finkelstein is considered a front-runner.
WBUR
“This will be a huge increase in the take home pay for Massachusetts workers if we can get health care costs under control.” - MIT's John Gruber
The New York Times
"The Obama administration is expected to announce a broad plan on Thursday to foster development of the nation’s 'bioeconomy,' including the use of renewable resources and biological manufacturing methods."
Boston Herald
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have embraced a new school initiative to produce short videos teaching youngsters in kindergarten to 12th grade basic concepts in science and engineering. And they’ve done it with panache."
The Boston Globe
"The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the state’s largest insurer, hired MIT economist Jonathan Gruber to analyze the savings that would accrue to those who pay health insurance premiums, if the state successfully implements cost controls."
NPR
"There are more ways than ever to communicate with people, yet it sometimes seems like it is more difficult to connect — and stay connected — with anyone."
Boston Herald
"MIT researchers have done it again. They’ve invented a new form of glass that resists glare and fog, repelling water into tiny beads. What’s more, it’s apparently 'self cleaning.'”
Popular Science
"A new type of nano-structured glass can bounce water and dirt off its surface, cleaning itself and preventing fogging, according to MIT researchers. It eliminates glare, too, allowing light to penetrate with pure clarity."
The Huffington Post
"Since trust and cooperation are so essential to the smooth working of human society, it makes sense that people would have learned over eons both to send signals of trustworthiness and to interpret signs of malicious intent."
WBUR
"Researchers, led by Katharina Ribbeck, MIT professor of biological engineering, added to the growing body of evidence that mucins (proteins abundant in mucus) are perhaps the magic virus-fighting ingredient."