In the Media

"Based on our work at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, we see two clear and distinct routes to new job creation." -Bill Aulet and Fiona Murray

"When leaders understand causal connections between actions and their effects, they can drive behaviour change through improved regulation and business policy."

"With sensors and cell phones, Pentland is monitoring the pulse of society."

"The program calls this initiative InvenTeams, and its goal to engage students through invention projects that focus on STEM-subjects – science, technology, engineering, and math."

"About 100,000 students have signed up for Harvard University’s first free online courses — computer science and an adaptation of the Harvard School of Public Health’s classes in epidemiology and biostatics. The online courses, part of a joint venture called edX, begin Monday, according to Harvard."

"University of Texas regents approved a plan Monday to offer courses to students around the world through an advanced online platform alongside Harvard, MIT and the University of California-Berkeley."

"Unlike most programmes, which hold classes every other weekend, MIT’s executive MBA programme meets every third week on Fridays and Saturdays, and includes four eight-day modules on campus over 20 months."

"A team of Harvard and MIT researchers has created the first three-dimensional piece of artificial tissue that’s wired with electronics."

"My latest research has to do with how people express themselves through the brands they consume. It's a topic that has interested me for some time." -MIT's Renee Richards Gosaline

"Every nation will suffer if governments don’t think about common interests and responsibilities in dealing with climate change, rather than national interest, the Dalai Lama told a crowd in Cambridge on Monday."

"The central point is, are you doing it all on benefit cuts or are you doing part with increased revenue?" -MIT's Peter Diamond

"A third runway at Heathrow would lead to significantly more early deaths from pollution than a new airport built in the Thames Estuary, a study has warned."

"Smartphones are blamed for distracted driving and roadway tragedies, but could wireless technology also hold the key to safer highways?"

"Some of the MIT Media Lab’s most groundbreaking research has the potential to transform business as we know it."

"'The unique thing about the center is it allows you to think about wireless systems holistically,' said Dina Katabi, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and co-director of the center."