A “graduation” from poverty
Study: Anti-poverty intervention provides sustained boost to incomes and wealth.
National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors
Bowring, Mrowka, Poterba, and Seager named for “distinguished” research.
Eight faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 197 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
Patents forecast technological change
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.
Economic detective work
Versatile scholar Jonathan Parker finds new ways to decipher riddles in economics.
Measuring health care
Amy Finkelstein spotted an opportunity to bring the gold standard in scientific research to one of the most pressing questions of the day.
Study: Prices of cancer drugs have soared since 1995
Researchers find a 10 percent annual increase, after inflation.
Five MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty specializing in mathematics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and economics among 126 selected.
Watching how the money flows
David Andrew Singer maps the influence of global capital flows among governments, banks, and individuals around the world.
3 Questions: Amy Finkelstein on testing health care systems
MIT economist explains why randomized trials can improve medical care.
Is the medical match fair?
Study finds the demand for positions strongly influences medical residents’ salaries.
Forbes hails MIT standouts in science, education, energy, technology, and health care
11 MIT affiliates and more than 30 alumni are identified as movers, makers, and game changers in their respective fields.
Of yeast, ecology, and cancer
Jeff Gore’s work with baker’s yeast helps ecologists respond to trends, like vanishing fisheries and collapsing honeybee colonies.