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.”
“[A]s an educational researcher, I believe that MIT has captured, perhaps uniquely, both the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for colleges and universities,” writes Dan Butin for The Huffington Post about a new report released by the MIT Task Force on the Future of MIT Education.
Bloomberg News reporter Kelly Blessing writes about the final report produced by the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education. “The Task Force encourages MIT to evaluate possibilities to achieve increases in undergraduate class size so that more students can experience the rich magic of an MIT residential education,” the Task Force wrote in their report.
Paul Marks writes for The New Scientist about Protoprint, a company founded by MIT alumnus Sidhant Pai that strives to get decent prices for pickers collecting plastic by repurposing plastic waste for 3D printing. "Our waste-pickers will earn 15 to 20 times more for the same amount of plastic," says Pai.
Klint Finley reports for Wired on Inbox, a software creation designed by MIT alumni Christine Spang and Michael Grinich to make it easier for developers to create email-centric applications. The technology aims to overcome the challenge of working with email technology that is old and limited.
Seandor Szeles of PBS profiles Tom Scholz, an MIT alumnus and lead guitarist for the band Boston. Scholz first picked up guitar during his junior year at MIT.
“If it helps dispel the idea that women aren’t as good ‘Jeopardy!’ players as men, that would be great,” says MIT alumna Julia Collins in an interview with Gail Sullivan of The Washington Post. Collins holds the title for the second-longest winning streak in the history of ‘Jeopardy!’.
MIT alumna Julia Collins has recorded the second longest winning streak in the history of ‘Jeopardy!,’ reports CNN Money. After 20 consecutive wins, Collins’ earnings were $428,100.
Hollie Slade of Forbes writes about ProtonMail, a new secure email service started by MIT and Harvard alumni.
Doug Saffir reports for Boston.com on ProtonMail a new, high-security email service started by five alumni of MIT and Harvard. ProtonMail is incorporated in Switzerland and subject to strict governmental privacy protections, features encrypted data, and a self-destruct feature that deletes sent emails.
The Daily Beast reporter Mike Miesen looks at Sanergy, a company founded by MIT students that manufactures and distributes toilets designed for urban environments with poor sewage infrastructure. The model could improve sanitation in dense urban areas without adequate waste removal.