Avoiding carbon copies
Can free-market enterprise generate clean-energy breakthroughs? Economist Daron Acemoglu says it's unlikely — unless government and universities help.
In Profile: Leonard Guarente
Biology professor discovered a gene at the center of aging. Now that research is yielding therapies that target the diseases of old age.
Statement on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
MIT President Susan Hockfield's statement on the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy
Andrew Whittle to head Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
A geotechnical engineer who served on the
panel reviewing the hurricane protection systems in New Orleans
following Hurricane Katrina is the new head
of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Letter to the community on Institute-wide planning
Task Force's preliminary report released to the community
Task Force group relishes 'shared sense of experiment'
Student Life Working Group finds reasons for optimism amid economic challenges
Inside the Institute-wide Planning Task Force
Members of education working group reflect on their experiences