Three from MIT named Fulbright scholars
One student, two recent graduates to travel to Japan, Ghana and the Dominican Republic.
Hippie days
How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.
Waldman-Brown, Fulbright scholarship winner, to spend next year in Ghana
Recent graduate and public service fellow will teach the science of energy generation.
Ethan Zuckerman, cyberscholar and activist, to lead MIT Center for Civic Media
He will direct MIT's influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic media tools and practices.
3 Questions: David Singer on the Greek Euro-tragedy
Political scientist David Singer explains why Greece seemingly can’t live with the Euro, and can’t live without it.
Sharing wisdom, teacher to teacher
MIT math instructors have developed a tool to help educators get to ‘best practices’ and preserve them for posterity.
Pauline Maier wins George Washington Book Prize
Historian takes home award for her account of the ratification of the American Constitution.
For all to see: MIT anthropologist debuts exhibit at Panama’s premier museum
Photos of celebration rituals among Panama’s Kuna people fascinate audiences — including the Kuna themselves.
Taxation without documentation
New study shows ‘informal taxation’ in developing countries is far greater than suspected, supporting public works — and adding a burden for the poor.
On an Irish Island, technology takes its time
Robert Kanigel explores how modernity has influenced our pace of life.
Robert Rathbone, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 95
Writer and editor helped shape Institute’s humanities program, taught skills for communicating science and technology.
Rambeloarison and Wang win inaugural Isabelle de Courtivron Prizes
New MIT prize honors cross-cultural fluency — an ability key to leadership and success in today's global world.
A champion of Creole
Linguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.