The Boston Globe
"The NCAA is fond of talking about its student-athletes, but the Tech undergrads truly live that dual role as they have since they began playing basketball in 1900."
In the Media
MSNBC
"A newer version of the biplane could reach supersonic cruising speeds without causing ear-splitting sonic booms, according to computer simulations by MIT and Stanford University researchers."
NPR
"Business and political leaders have repeatedly warned that America's scientists and engineers are in short supply. However, some economists say the numbers indicate the opposite — a glut of high-tech workers. A panel of experts debate whether America's schools produce the scientific workforce needed to compete globally."
The New York Times
“'Populism' is a loaded term in modern American politics." -MIT's Simon Johnson
CNN
"Dr. Herr lost both of his legs in a climbing accident when he was 17 years old. Major Rozelle lost part of his right leg while serving in Iraq when a land mine exploded under his Humvee. Both men were inspired to turn what were thought to be limitations in the way they would live their lives into big ideas."
The Chronicle of Higher Education
"As Rice University celebrates its centennial and looks forward to its next 100 years, it hosted a dialogue on 'The Future of the Research University in a Global Age' at the De Lange Conference on February 27-28. The conference featured presentations by current and former university presidents such as James Duderstadt of the University of Michigan, Amy Gutmann of the University of Pennsylvania, and Charles Vest of MIT."
Wired
"Now, anyone can play one of the biggest modular synthesizers in the world, thanks to a new project, code-named 'PatchWerk.' With PatchWerk’s simple web interface, users around the world can control the colossal rig in real time, from its current home at the MIT Museum."
New Scientist
"Controlling drone aircraft could one day be as simple as waving your arms." - "Yale Song and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way of controlling drones taxiing on a runway using gestures."
The New York Times
"For more than 40 years, scientists have used radio telescopes to probe starry regions trillions of miles away for sounds of alien life. But only in the past five years or so have they been able to reliably record monthslong stretches of audio in the wildernesses of Earth."
Popular Science
"Landing airplanes on moving ships is no mean feat, but this will be especially true when the airplanes are unmanned."
New Scientist
"An analysis of the computational complexity of video games, including those in the Mario and Legend of Zelda series, proves that many of them belong to a class of mathematical problems called NP-hard."
WBUR- Radio Boston
"Data–your emails, the lovely lady giving you directions in your smart phone, the latest political polls– It may be overwhelming, but it is revolutionizing all aspects of our world." - MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson is a guest on WBUR's Radio Boston and discusses "the age of big data."
CNN
"Pi appears in the search for other planets, in the way that DNA folds, in science at the world's most powerful particle collider, and in many other fields of science."
BBC News
"Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are top of a global league table of university reputation - in a top 100 dominated by US institutions."
The New York Times
"The Turkish M.I.T. professor (Daron Acemoglu)— who, right now, is about as hot as economists get— acquired his renown for serious advances in answering the single most important question in his profession, the same one that compelled Adam Smith to write 'The Wealth of Nations': why are some countries rich while others are poor?"