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Group offers support to survive the shock of the new

Approaching holidays may increase stress

October 30, 2006

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gareth McKinley, left, and HST graduate student Nikola Kojic used the micro-rheometer in their lab to study the viscosity and stickiness of spider silk. The taffy-like 'thread' is actually a protein solution, they found.

Engineers probe spiders' polymer art

Manufactured silk could be used for artificial tendons and ligaments, sutures, parachutes and bulletproof vests

October 30, 2006

Lander named one of America's 'best leaders'

U.S. News list of 20 includes Stata architect Frank Gehry

October 27, 2006

Machinima group animates life 'in-world'

Technique harnesses 3-D game engines

October 27, 2006

Fred Sanders, pioneer storm forecaster, dies

October 27, 2006

Gilberte Furstenberg, above, created 'Cultura' so students may see 'where the Pont Neuf meets the Brooklyn Bridge.'

French language program plumbs cultural depths

Students learn where the Pont Neuf meets the Brooklyn Bridge

October 27, 2006

MIT Medical offers flu shots

October 26, 2006

Lemelson-MIT announces InvenTeams grants

October 26, 2006

MIT researchers have developed a half-sized engine that performs like a full-sized engine but offers the fuel efficiency of a hybrid electric car. The team includes, from left to right, Leslie Bromberg, principal research engineer at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), Daniel Cohn, division head and senior research scientist at the PSFC, and John Heywood, director of the Sloan Automotive ...

MIT's pint-sized car engine promises high efficiency, low cost

Ethanol empowers the little engine that could

October 25, 2006

President of Simmons Hall Andrew Lukmann, a senior in civil and environmental engineering; Dean for Student Life Larry Benedict; Interim Executive Vice President Sherwin Greenblatt; MIT President Susan Hockfield; donors Ginny and Richard Simmons; Cambridge Mayor Kenneth Reeves; and City Manager Robert Healy lift their shovels to mark groundbreaking on Vassar Street in front of Simmons Hall.

Vassar Street West project will complete enhanced streetscape

October 25, 2006

Faculty discuss curriculum, endowment

October 25, 2006

23 faculty members awarded tenure

October 25, 2006

Awards and Honors

October 25, 2006

Environmental Health and Safety Director Bill Van Schalkwyk, left, celebrates with Simcha Singer, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, who won the 2004 transportation survey grand prize, a Giant Rincon mountain bike.

Commuter survey rewards participants and the planet

October 25, 2006

Obituaries

October 25, 2006

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Machinima group animates life 'in-world'

Fred Sanders, pioneer storm forecaster, dies

French language program plumbs cultural depths

MIT Medical offers flu shots

Lemelson-MIT announces InvenTeams grants

MIT's pint-sized car engine promises high efficiency, low cost

Vassar Street West project will complete enhanced streetscape

Faculty discuss curriculum, endowment

23 faculty members awarded tenure

Awards and Honors

Commuter survey rewards participants and the planet

Obituaries

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