In the World: Turning waste into profit Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way. November 19, 2010 Read full story →
Market research A major South American city needs to rebuild its public food market. MIT researchers went on the ground to figure out how urban food systems work. October 25, 2010 Read full story →
Robert Morris wins 2010 Mark Weiser Award ACM SIGOPS award recognizes ‘creativity and innovation’ in operating-systems research. October 21, 2010 Read full story →
Building community Sloan sophomore Amanda David leverages her roles with the Public Service Center and class council to spread her love of service to MIT students October 20, 2010 Read full story →
Teaching biology with technology Klopfer awarded $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve high school teaching October 18, 2010 Read full story →
DUSP presents lectures on inequality Fall speaker series explores social imbalances in city life. October 14, 2010 Read full story →
In Profile: James Wescoat From India to California, an MIT landscape architect and geographer has charted a new course in the study of water. October 14, 2010 Read full story →
Moving ahead with Athena Working Group recommendations on student printing Will implement some recommendations over the fall term, IAP October 13, 2010 Read full story →
Treasured vaults A professor sheds light on the immigrant family that crafted many American architectural landmarks. October 8, 2010 Read full story →
Li-Shiuan Peh on network driven transportation From Transportation@MIT October 6, 2010 Read full story →
Why telecom regulation needs to change Research suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age. October 6, 2010 Read full story →
Four engineering students named Intel PhD fellowship recipients Materials science, EECS graduate students among 27 honored October 5, 2010 Read full story →
Two winning proposals for sustainable construction Students receive High Commendation from the Holcim Foundation. September 30, 2010 Read full story →
Multicore may not be so scary Research suggests that the free operating system Linux will keep up with the addition of more ‘cores,’ or processing units, to computer chips. September 30, 2010 Read full story →