Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.
Exploring Mars with the Curiosity rover: The search for ancient habitable environments
EAPS inaugural Brace Lecture will feature NASA Curiosity rover chief scientist John Grotzinger
IDEAS winners aim to improve the world’s “quality of life”
Contest awards thousands of dollars to 13 teams tackling environmental and health challenges in developing countries.
The elements of entrepreneurship
The 2014 Legatum Conference will bring together accomplished entrepreneurs, investors, scholars, and industry leaders to discuss entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
New conversation on sociotechnical systems
Ashley Mateus and Jordan Peck will discuss their work on teledermatology at the VA on May 7
New conversation on sociotechnical systems
On April 30, Li-Huei Tsai will discuss a potential memory-based treatment for PTSD
Climate scientist James Hansen visits MIT
At a recent public lecture, James Hansen advocated for a fee on carbon, a switch to nuclear energy, and the formation of a centrist third political party to solve the climate crisis.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits MIT
MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Professor Maria Zuber host discussion about collaborations; climate-change observatory in the works
What’s the future of wealth — and inequality?
At MIT, “rock star” economist Thomas Piketty presents, defends work on inequality.
MIT ceremony commemorates Officer Sean Collier’s life
“Sean’s life was lost, but his spirit has been amplified a hundredfold,” one friend says.