Former MIT President Howard W. Johnson dies at age 87
A ‘loyal friend’ to the Institute, he also chaired the MIT Corporation and guided the school through a turbulent era.
How to encourage big ideas
A new study suggests certain types of funding — which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results — lead to more innovative and influential research.
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
News@MITSloan for Dec. 7
Roundup of news from the MIT Sloan School of Management for the week of Dec. 7
The real thing?
MIT business professor Renee Richardson Gosline shows that people are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes — until they see who’s using them.
Sloan student elected to Cambridge City Council
Cheung made history on Nov. 3 as first university student and first Asian American on council
MIT Sloan Management Review Editor to Headline at Opportunity Green conference at UCLA Nov. 7
Opportunity Green 2009 and MIT Sloan Management Review Announce Panel Presentation on MIT SMR's New Global Study Special Report, "The Business of Sustainability," Featuring Nike as Case Study.
MIT Sloan launches "Clean Energy Ventures"
New workshop on building and sustaining clean energy businesses
All wired up
MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson explains how technology really helps the economy — even as the restructuring it is spurring causes pain.
