Remembering a chance meeting with Officer Sean Collier
An alumnus recalls how Officer Collier helped save his newborn
MIT Strong: MBA student honors pledge to run Boston Marathon
Domingo Godoy vowed to run this year's marathon after witnessing last April’s bombings.
MIT students win US Department of Energy Better Buildings Challenge
Winning streak continues for third straight year in nation-wide contest to develop energy-efficient solutions.
Massive open entrepreneurship
New MITx MOOC brings the expertise of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship to the Web.
Study: Attractive men fare best in gaining venture capital
Women, less-attractive men lag in the effort to find financial backing for startups.
Gala dinner celebrates 'innovation diplomacy' at MIT
MIT hosts Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) participants and marks MIT’s global role in innovation.
Modeling cyberspace control worldwide
Nazli Choucri analyzes issues of governance, politics, and participation in online communications.
Give him the hook: New data shows baseball managers when to replace the starting pitcher
As MIT’s major sports analytics conference begins, novel research provides data-based guidance for big-league skippers.
The surprising value of waste
MIT spinout Sanergy is impacting the entire ‘sanitation value chain’ — from franchised toilets to waste collection and conversion — in Nairobi’s Mukuru slum.
Thomas Roemer to be LGO's new executive director
Former MIT Sloan faculty member succeeds retiring director Don Rosenfield.
How ‘dark pools’ can help public stock markets
New paper suggests private exchanges actually increase the ratio of well-informed investors participating in public markets.
Kenya under the microscope
MIT economist Tavneet Suri explores finance, agriculture and even politics in her homeland of Kenya — and elsewhere in Africa.
When the job search becomes a blame game
MIT professor’s book explores how white-collar job hunters in the U.S. blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot find work.
How the ‘Matthew Effect’ helps some scientific papers gain popularity
Fine-grained research shows boost for leading-edge and low-profile work in the life sciences happens after authors are honored.