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World Bank President to speak at MIT Commencement on June 7

February 26, 2002

An artist's impression of the hottest tango in the universe. The remnants of a star, now really a donut-shaped ring or torus, spin around a rotating black hole in a sort of cosmic tango. The black hole leads its passive torus-partner around, feeding it energy through the many magnetic field lines entangling the two cosmic bodies like entwined arms. The torus in t...

Tango between black hole and star remnant may explain cosmic explosion

February 21, 2002

Awards & Honors

January 16, 2002

iCampus gives $60K grants to six students for spring projects

January 9, 2002

Lecturer Susan Murcott and graduate student Jason Low of civil and environmental engineering survey microbial colonies in a dish from one of the water filtration techniques they are examining for potential use in Nepal.

Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal

December 5, 2001

Media Lab creates Center for Bits and Atoms with NSF grant

November 28, 2001

NSF awards $13.75M to MIT Media Lab to create Center for Bits and Atoms

November 27, 2001

Satellite detects optical afterglow of gamma-ray burst

November 14, 2001

MISTI selects two associate directors to help run program

November 14, 2001

Optical counterpart found for HETE-detected gamma-ray burst

November 7, 2001

Left to right: Professors Ezra Vogel of Harvard, Edward Steinfeld of MIT and Yasheng Huang of Harvard responded to Professor Lester Thurow's comments on China's economy during the Oct. 17 panel discussion sponsored by the Stratton Lecture on Critical Issues.

Observers debate China's economy: market or controlled?

October 24, 2001

Noam Chomsky addressed a packed Room 26-100 and overflow crowds in five other rooms.

Chomsky criticizes US violence

October 24, 2001

Defeating Al Qaeda: a strategy

October 17, 2001

Natyanjali dancers in costume. Back row, left to right: Rasika Kumar, Prahladh Harsha and Pallabi Sanyal. Middle row, left to right: Sumati Ram-Mohan, Anindita Basu and Avantika Modi. Front row, left to right: Neelima Teerdhala, Alpana Waghmare and Sripriya Natarajan. Not pictured: Radha Kalluri and Rajul Shah.

Indian classical dance troupe debuts

September 26, 2001

Professor Martin Polz of civil and environmental engineering and graduate student Janelle Thompson analyze water samples in a CDCE machine.

Group uses molecular techniques to study marine pathogens

September 26, 2001