3 Questions: Elena Ruehr on her three premieres this month
Composer debuts three new works, including an opera to be performed at MIT on Nov. 21.
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From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football
In the playoffs for first time, MIT's football history has included an 88-year winless streak, an ugliest-man competition, and borrowed orange uniforms.
3 Questions: Israel Ruiz on MIT’s role in Boston’s 2024 Olympics bid
The U.S. Olympic Committee visits Boston; city is one of four U.S. contenders.
Q&A: Christopher Knittel on the EPA’s greenhouse gas plan
In Science, economists evaluate government’s proposed emissions policy for power plants.
3 Questions: Thomas Malone on the Climate CoLab’s progress
International effort aims to harness the intelligence of people worldwide to address climate change.
3 Questions: Lita Nelsen and the Technology Licensing Office
Longtime leader of MIT’s technology-transfer office receives a lifetime achievement award.
"Car Talk" host Tom Magliozzi ’58 left us laughing
Tom Magliozzi ’58, who died Nov. 3, was a famed co-host of NPR's "Car Talk" with his brother, Ray Magliozzi '73, as well as a professor, consultant, and MIT Commencement speaker.
Study aims to shorten Election Day lines
New MIT-led research effort applies the science of lines to the polling place.
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission
Better options available in thousands of near-Earth asteroids, expert says.
Will the new industrial city work?
At MIT symposium, promise of advanced manufacturing suggests new ways to reshape urban space.
Smoot lighting to set the mood on Harvard Bridge
An anonymous gift will pay for LED bulbs that will illuminate the bridge every 30 Smoots.
MIT announces steps intended to minimize unwanted sexual behavior
President Reif: “Sexual assault violates our core MIT values. It has no place here.”
Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.