In the Media

"What’s the difference between a ho-hum graduation speech and one destined for the history books?"

“Pleasantness and memorability are not the same,” says MIT graduate student Phillip Isola in a statement.

"This year, the magazine offers a new twist: the 10 most pet-friendly colleges."

“An MIT professor's book detailing the bare-knuckled political brawl by America's Founding Fathers to win ratification of the Constitution has received the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize.”

"If you come up with a brilliant idea, that's OK. If you win a Nobel prize for your research, that's fine. But if you take that idea and apply it and make something transformative happen, then in MIT that's deeply admired."

"His apps — so far he’s focused on HIV, hypertension, and diabetes — redefine the doctor-patient relationship, casting it as 'person and health coach,' with constant interaction."

"Why is a rainbow an arc and not a straight line? Why can we typically see auroras only if we’re close to the North or South pole?"

Engineers probing the ruined nuclear reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant are finding yet more damage.

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday on its final voyage which will deliver a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station.

"Hoping to get funding for your startup? You’ll have better luck if you aren’t going it alone."

"It's unlike any ballet you've ever seen - a swarm of swirling particles gradually form the shape of a dancer and transform into a lifelike model before they explode into digital bits for the grand finale."

"Some were invented at MIT. Others were simply inspired by time spent at MIT. But all of them have had a profound impact, in one way or another, on society, culture, politics, economics, transportation, health, science, and, oh yes, technology."

“The fundamental dramatic structure of ‘Dhalgren’ is to take ordinary society and then remove a large chunk of it and see what is left."

"2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded to speed along America’s industrial progress through scientific innovation."

“New research reveals that it’s possible for a few individuals to enslave an entire network, even if they aren’t highly connected themselves.”