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MIT encryption pioneer Rivest wins Marconi Prize

July 17, 2007

Amy Smith, one of the lead organizers of the International Development Design Summit

Making a difference in the developing world

International summit at MIT aims for real solutions

July 13, 2007

Team's model aids understanding of protein networks

Work could impact cancer research

June 25, 2007

InvenTeams devices support health and care

June 20, 2007

Lemelson-MIT Program names new director

June 18, 2007

Kabcenell Foundation awards MITEI $1 million for new curricula

June 13, 2007

Commencement address by Charles M. Vest

June 8, 2007

MIT President Susan Hockfield gives her charge to the graduates at MIT's 141st Commencement exercises held Friday, June 8 in Killian Court.

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates

June 8, 2007

Fourth-year Ph.D. student in materials science Dan Wesolowski, left, discusses wind direction and velocity on a rooftop with mechanical engineering sophomore Richard Bates. They and other students put equipment on a number of roofs around the Institute for a month to determine the viability of using wind turbines to generate power. MIT's co-generation plant is visible behind them.

Students find energy answers are blowing in the wind

June 6, 2007

D'Arbeloff, alumni fund innovative courses

June 6, 2007

Martha Constantine-Paton, an MIT professor of biology and principle investigator in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and research scientist Akira Yoshii have discovered a new molecular pathway that helps solve the puzzle of how neurons form synapses.

MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Work could aid study of brain disorders

May 21, 2007

Students from the Umana Barnes Middle School in East Boston (l-r Bonnie Ramos, Roberto Paredes and Kayla Bishop) participating in one of a series of Scratch software workshops held at the MIT Media Lab.

Creating from Scratch

New software from the MIT Media Lab unleashes kids' creativity online

May 14, 2007

Initiative leadership guides energy goals

May 9, 2007

Multidisciplinary work in energy engages individuals, industry