The elements of entrepreneurship
The 2014 Legatum Conference will bring together accomplished entrepreneurs, investors, scholars, and industry leaders to discuss entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem
Unified Solar takes home $225,000 for a circuit that augments the output of partially shaded solar cells.
Doing more
AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world.
Biotech to the rescue
Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs.
Brewing up sustainability
Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater.
A robot dives into search for Malaysian Airlines flight
The AUV built by MIT spinout Bluefin Robotics will begin imaging the ocean floor in search of clues.
Start6: In good company
New IAP program offers a bridge between alumni entrepreneurs and Course 6 students.
Bionic ankle 'emulates nature'
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart.
MIT one of 32 inaugural partners of Global Development Lab
Launch event on April 3 in New York featured numerous guest speakers, including Hillary Clinton and D-Lab co-founder Amy Smith
Building Global Innovators: Call for applications
The fifth edition of Building Global Innovators (BGI) challenge is now open.
How to build a biotech renaissance: MIT in Kendall Square
A look back at how Institute Professor Phillip Sharp, his startup Biogen, and MIT’s biotech community helped revive Kendall Square.
Artist Olafur Eliasson brings Little Sun to MIT
Art and social entrepreneurship project engages MIT’s energy community.
D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellowship applications open
Applications due April 9 for a 12-month program that provides $20,000 to develop sustainable social ventures
Brighter future for bacteria detection
An advanced assay quickly illuminates bacteria for more rapid, accurate detection.
MechE alumna Danielle Zurovcik’s WiCare named finalist for Hult Prize
Winner will be announced in September