In the Media

"MOOCs are vastly extending the reach of professors at some of the world’s best universities, particularly at Stanford, Harvard, M.I.T., Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Duke."

"It may soon be possible to control heat flows with great precision."

"Forget the endless debates about the euro or government debts. What does the future hold?"

"He wanted to write a symphony not for the city of Toronto but with the city of Toronto, a piece of music that would ultimately be about Toronto in a way that was granular, participatory, and reflective of an urban landscape in all of its component parts."

"Nothing has more potential to unlock a billion more brains to solve the world’s biggest problems. And nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity."

"Scientists are coaxing the bacteria in soil to start producing a type of fuel that can go right into our cars with no modification."

"When Kristin Forbes sought tenure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early last decade, some colleagues said her research focus on financial contagion led to a dead end. Her reaction: Full speed ahead."

"More than any other American conflict, the Vietnam War for years has been used as a cautionary tale of imperial overreach and excessive ideological zeal, though many details of the war are fading."

"Will the rise of higher education in the US and elsewhere be curtailed by the expansion of Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs) that allow people to study digitally rather than attend lectures and classes?"

"Missy Cummings shares the many applications of drones."

"As India expands and overhauls its social safety net, from a new food benefits program to cash transfers, it has also been grappling with how best to select those who should receive this aid."

"Since becoming artistic director of the Boston Chamber Music Society, violist Marcus Thompson has taken advantage of his other position, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to curate programs built around connections, both solid and speculative, between music and science."

"As we sniffle, suffer, and stress about lurking germs, researchers across the Boston area are developing new ways of fighting the flu."

"One of the biggest challenges in designing social programs is to make sure you’re not just rewarding people for doing what they were already planning to do."

"Do you ever feel like the place you live is just a dot on a map? Well, if you live in the U.S. or Canada, Brandon Martin-Anderson just made you a dot on a map."