In the Media

"In a country as wealthy as ours, it is unacceptable that someone who works full time and all year would still earn poverty-level wages." -MIT's Paul Osterman

"Christina Romer, former head of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and a Bloomberg contributing editor, Arnab Banerji, chief investment officer at Collabrium Capital, Dan Wiener, chief executive officer at Adviser Investments, and Daron Acemoglu, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talk about the European sovereign debt crisis. They speak with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's 'Taking Stock.'"

"Need to Know spoke with Dr. Richard Lester, the head of the nuclear science and engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who favors the use of nuclear power to generate clean energy."

"President Barack Obama said the 12 people he recognized Friday for achievement in science, technology and innovation should make others feel embarrassed about their old science projects."

"Hundreds of students, alumni and staff from six Boston area colleges and universities will wrap up a first-of-its-kind, four-day community service project at a Brighton nonprofit that aids disadvantaged children."

"In April of last year the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men, injuring 17 others and triggering what is generally recognized as one of the greatest human errors ever made and officially the largest unforeseen marine oil catastrophe since people started drilling for oil."

"Budding photographers, beware: the beauty of a serene sunset, a peaceful forest or a majestic mountain range is not sufficient to make a vacation snapshot memorable."

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “we scour the country looking for young builders and inventors,” says Kim Vandiver, dean for undergraduate research.

"Going there is the sole way to be sure one understands the culture of the program, which differs from school to school, says Rod Garcia, senior director of admissions at MIT Sloan School of Management."

"Some very visible prices have increased substantially through August, gas prices were up nearly 30 percent and food that you buy at the grocery store is up about 6 percent." -MIT's Jim Poterba

"Chris Kaiser, a cell biologist who heads the department of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, will become director of the basic biosciences institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the agency has announced."

"In September, the number of underemployed workers rose for the third consecutive month."

"The Broad Institute, a Cambridge-based genetics research center that has rapidly grown into a scientific powerhouse, today celebrated the groundbreaking of a new, 12-floor building in Kendall Square."

"It’s an achievement to have a paper accepted and to present your work at UIST."

"Radar technology that can detect moving objects behind solid walls has been developed by MIT researchers."