Jean Tirole, an MIT alumnus and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, speaks with Binyamin Appelbaum of The New York Times about his research on government regulation. Tirole explains that he began his research in the field as a graduate student at MIT.
An anonymous donor gave $2.5 million to illuminate the Harvard Bridge stretching across the Charles River from Boston to the MIT campus, writes Nestor Ramos for The Boston Globe. The distance between light poles will be measured in Smoots, a unit of measurement created by MIT student Oliver Smoot in 1958.
Boston Globe reporter Jack Newsham writes about Jean Tirole, the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics and an MIT alumnus. Tirole, who holds the title of visiting professor at MIT, was honored for his studies of market power and regulation.
Associated Press reporters Karl Ritter and Nathalie Rothchild write about Jean Tirole, an MIT alumnus and former faculty member who was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. "What’s been great about much of Jean’s work is that he’ll start with a problem that people are struggling with,” said Professor Nancy Rose of Tirole’s work.
Katie Walmsley reports for CNN Money on SHINE, a program founded by MIT graduate Kirin Sinha that teaches math to young girls through dance. "We saw an almost 300% improvement in their math scores, we saw over 100% improvement in confidence," says Sinha.
Bloomberg News writes about the work of Jean Tirole, an MIT alumnus who was the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. His work is the “foundation for much of the incentive regulations that have been adopted over the last 25 years across the world,” said MIT Professor Nancy Rose.
Founded by MIT alumnus Sidhant Pai and winner of the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge, Indian startup Protoprint compensates waste pickers in the Indian city of Pune for collecting the raw materials used for 3D-printing filament, writes Dhanya Ann Thoppil for The Wall Street Journal. “The point is to create employment and value add opportunities for the waste pickers,” says Pai.
Mónica Feliú-Mójer writes about the Latinas in STEM Foundation, created by five MIT alumae, for Scientific American. “We want to spread awareness about STEM and to encourage Latinas in K-12 grades,” says co-founder Diana Albarrán Chicas.
MIT alumnus Robert R. Morris writes about his work developing a crowdsourcing application to help individuals cope with depression. Users can post descriptions of their troubles and within minutes, “a crowd of helpers sends you anonymous feedback. The responses are often very short, but guided by techniques used in many modern therapies,” Morris explains.
Kelly Gifford of The Boston Globe profiles MIT Alumnus Emily Calandrelli. “As producer and host of Fox’s new syndicated series ‘Xploration Outer Space,’ Calandrelli explains and explores the wide and mysterious world of space in an approachable (and entertaining) way,” writes Gifford.
Wall Street Journal reporter Rani Molla writes about which colleges have the highest paid graduates. “After 10+ years in their career, grads from Harvey Mudd ($133,800), USNA ($130,000) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($128,800) topped the list for highest median pay,” Molla writes.
In the new book “Innovative Women: The Changing Face of Technology,” MIT alumna and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith co-authors a chapter about how to increase opportunities for women in technology. In an excerpt provided to Fortune, Smith writes that we’re at a “tipping point” and about to accelerate the path to lasting gender equality.
Bloomberg News reports that MIT alumna Megan Smith has been appointed as the White House Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Smith will serve as a liaison between the White House and Silicon Valley companies, and advise the government on how to better use technology.
Writing for Wired, Issie Lapowsky reports that MIT graduate Megan Smith has been named the White House Chief Technology Officer. “In addition to being a gifted programmer and technologist, Smith has been one of the country’s leading advocates in the movement to get more women into tech jobs,” writes Lapowsky.
Jeffrey R. Young writes for The Chronicle of Higher Education about the final report released by the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education. Speaking of the Task Force’s recommendation to make education more modular, co-chair Sanjay Sarma says, “we see modularity becoming a key part of on-campus experiences as well.”