Forbes
"In a challenging global economy, a growing number of corporations are turning to sustainability to keep competitive, according to a Tuesday report from MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group."
In the Media
The Huffington Post
"Men are more likely to spend money quickly and go into high levels of debt in regions where the man-to-woman ratio is especially high, a recent study from researchers at MIT and the University of Minnesota found."
Popular Science
"Most drones fly relatively slowly, especially at lower altitudes where they might encounter obstacles and require plenty of time to react. Biologists at Harvard and roboticists at MIT have been studying flight behaviors in goshawks and other birds, aiming to improve algorithms that would allow unmanned aerial vehicles to cruise more quickly through forests, urban areas or other cluttered landscapes."
Scientific American
"Smartphones and tablets are transforming the future of health care. Can we really trust them to save lives?"
Boston Herald
"The thunderous spikes that Rob Gronkowski hammers into the ground after each of his touchdowns deliver quite an impact throughout Gillette Stadium. But what kind of impact is Gronk really creating?"
The Wall Street Journal
"The electric vehicle… aspires to transform city transport, doing for electric cars what London’s 'Boris bikes' have done for pedal cycles."
The Boston Globe
"At MIT, the annual Integration Bee, which began two decades ago as one of the many quirky diversions during the school’s January independent study period, has grown into something more. At a school without a traditional 'Big Man on Campus,’ becoming Grand Integrator, some say, is the closest thing to it."
Bloomberg Businessweek
“'Were not trying to encourage increased numbers just for the sake of it,' (MIT Dean of Admissions Stuart) Schmill said in an interview. 'We’re happy given that applicant pool is as diverse and talented as ever. For us that is a terrific outcome.'”
Bloomberg Businessweek
“'Were not trying to encourage increased numbers just for the sake of it,' (MIT Dean of Admissions Stuart) Schmill said in an interview. 'We’re happy given that applicant pool is as diverse and talented as ever. For us that is a terrific outcome.'”
Bloomberg Businessweek
"The economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides much of the brainpower used to combat the global financial crisis. Seven former or current central bank chiefs—of the U.S., Britain, the Euro Area, India, Israel, Chile, and Cyprus—either studied or taught there. The department is famous for its stress on practical solutions to economic problems."
Forbes
"When it comes to motivating young women, lead by example. A recent study co-authored by MIT economist Esther Duflo, underscores just how important female leaders are for the attitudes and ambitions of young women."
Forbes
"We need a centralized, actively curated resource for developing and distributing open-source tools." -Josh Siegle, PhD student at MIT
New Scientist
"Now, computer scientist Dina Katabi, Piotr Indyk and their colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a Fourier transform algorithm that is potentially hundreds of times faster still."
TIME
"Unless you're some kind of space nut, you're probably entirely unaware that the Milky Way, our home galaxy, isn't traveling through the cosmos alone. It's shadowed by a litter of nearly a dozen dwarf galaxies that are far smaller and dimmer — a pack of cubs, you might say, yapping around the edges of the mama grizzly."
The Boston Globe
"MIT doesn’t seem like a place where you can dine on food from the Middle Ages. But this month, you could prepare, cook, and eat like a 14th-century nobleman."