In the Media

"'Our devices have to work like a car, because of the same profound reliance that people have for locomotion,' said Herr, director of the Biomechatronics Group at the MIT Media Lab and founder of iWalk, a bionics company based in Bedford."

"However, a leading expert on missile defence technology, Professor Theodore Postol of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, believes that this potential threat has been much overstated. 'The fundamental long-term threat from Iran is from nuclear weapons. But for now Iran does not have the bomb. A ballistic missile without a nuclear weapon," he says, "is like a terrorist bomber without an explosive vest.'"

"The proportion of managers who say they think that 'sustainability' is a key to competitive success has risen from 55% in 2010 to 67% last year, according to an annual survey of 4,000 managers in 113 countries by the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group."

"As the largest bank holding company in the United States, with assets approaching $2.5 trillion as reported under standard American accounting principles, it is inconceivable that JPMorgan Chase would be allowed to collapse now or in the near future. The damage to the American economy and to the world would be too great." - MIT's Simon Johnson

"After its founders graduate from MIT and Sloan this spring, CloudTop seeks to forge relationships with 'the makers of the top sixty apps used by consumers,' and to scale its product so that it works across every available device and browser."

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president."

"Some business schools draw on resources from their affiliated universities to create customized programs. The Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology works with the engineering department to help engineering and technology firms, whose managers may not put much stock in teachings based solely on management techniques."

"A robotic plane with the moves and speed of birds, and relies on its own senses to deftly dart between a city's skyscrapers, street lights and power lines, has taken a big step closer to reality."

"Profiles of President Barack Obama’s two nominees to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board who were confirmed by the Senate on Thursday."

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named L. Rafael Reif (RIFE) as its new president."

"In August, the Russian government, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will open the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology."

"The Journal this week examined how companies can keep workers motivated after a windfall like an IPO, but perhaps just as important as addressing the needs of the newly wealthy is watching out for those who don’t have seven-figure portfolios."

“I cannot tell you that this is a dream come true," he said, “because it’s a dream I never dared to imagine." -MIT President-elect L. Rafael Reif

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday filled its top leadership position with one of its own."

"At a news conference on Wednesday morning announcing his appointment, Mr. Reif told of growing up in a poor home, speaking Spanish and Yiddish, and coming to the United States as a graduate student, with little command of English, to prepare himself for an academic career, his dream for a better life."