In the Media

"Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving U.S. health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America."

"Is it possible that 'stupid games,' as The New York Times’ Sam Anderson calls them — the monotonous, addictive games such as Tetris and Angry Birds — are actually making us smarter?"

"As this education gap is growing, studies show that women are advancing their education and moving on to hold high-skill jobs, while men have been slower to earn degrees, and therefore advance in the workforce."

"We’re looking at American debt and deficit and how to really, responsibly, bring it down, with economist Simon Johnson."

"(Brazilian President Dilma) Rousseff then headed to Massachusetts, where she planned to visit Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to establish educational exchanges."

"Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with MIT president Susan Hockfield and signed two agreements between the School of Engineering and the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil’s equivalent of the Ivy League."

"Since women first began enrolling in and graduating from four-year degree granting institutions, a lot of positive movement has occurred for women in higher education. More, however, still needs to be done."

"Most undergraduates know that an internship is the ticket to a full-time job offer. More than half of the graduating seniors who responded to the 2011 National Association of Colleges and Employers student survey reported having had an internship or co-op experience."

"A brave group of educators and entrepreneurs think they can change that. With games and competitions, museums and traveling road shows - and a strategic sprinkling of celebrities - they aim to make math engaging, exciting and even fun."

"A new nonsurgical method for monitoring brain pressure might help improve treatment of head injury patients, according to a new study."

"But what does the poverty line really tell us – is it a level of consumption above which people can live comfortably?"

"Today, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will make two stops in Cambridge as part of her visit to the United States."

"Tod Machover is a cellist, composer and inventor who believes passionately that technology can democratize music. He’s widely recognized as one of the most innovative composers of his generation."

"The emerging portrait: Geeks are cool."

"Li-Shiuan Peh, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT has come up with cool technology that models the networking layout of the web, with routers and packets and adapted it for on-chip communication."