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Mission Southwest: Mines, water and rocks
Undergrads in Terrascope Mission 2016 course visit mines and water facilities in the American Southwest.
Stephanie Frampton awarded the Rome Prize
Will research history and cultural significance of the alphabetic writing of ancient Rome.
Terrascope: Not the typical first semester class
Course requires undergrads to work in teams to present solutions to a complex problem with an interdisciplinary approach
3 Questions: World energy outlook
Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, talks about the future of fossil fuels and the prospects for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Belfer gift creates consortium targeting neurodegenerative diseases
Collaboration unites Picower Institute at MIT with MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine.
NASA-JPL director Charles Elachi talks about latest Mars mission
Curiosity is the most ambitious planetary rover mission ever, but it’s just one of the many exploratory projects JPL is undertaking.
Kaylee de Soto: A game changer
Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.
Lincoln Laboratory-discovered asteroid needs a new name
NASA, in partnership with the lab and others, opens naming content to students.
‘This is my freshman year, too’
President L. Rafael Reif welcomes Class of 2016 at annual Freshman Convocation.
The case of the missing gas mileage
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.