Welcome the MIT Siebel Scholars for 2016
Graduate students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy science join a distinguished intellectual community.
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Do venture capitalists matter?
Yes, finds a study — especially when direct flights help them visit their investments more often.
Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data
MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.
Reality check in the factory
MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.
A new quantum approach to big data
System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.
MIT on Climate = Science + Action
MIT will host a daylong symposium to address the nexus of science and action on climate change.
Going off grid: Tata researchers tackle rural electrification
At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.
MIT Sloan launches three new undergraduate majors and minors
Course 15 will offer undergraduates three new majors — management, business analytics, and finance — starting this fall.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
Space: The here-and-now frontier
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics launches a new generation of innovators.
25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016
Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.
Preparing for large-scale solar deployment
Researchers are examining measures to ensure a reliable future power system.
Are you a “harbinger of failure”?
Study: Some consumers have an unerring knack for buying unpopular products.