Researching and writing a thesis (and a blog) in Tanzania
Mechanical Engineering major, Tish Scolnik ’09, is spending this January developing her thesis focused on appropriate technology for the developing world.
The Tough Get Growing: how to succeed in a down economy
Presented by the MIT Enterprise Forum
Moderated by Bo Fishback
Panelists:
Eugene Fitzgerald '85
Daphne Zohar
Helen Greiner '89, SM '90
Not easy being green
MIT historian Harriet Ritvo explains how a battle to save an English lake helped found modern environmentalism — but might worry greens today
Reporter’s Notebook: Where do we go from here?
At MIT forum, former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine and other aerospace experts discuss the future of human spaceflight.
Reporter’s Notebook: Jules Verne, desperado?
MIT historian of science Rosalind Williams on the overlooked legacy of Jules Verne, anti-globalization visionary
Reporter’s Notebook: Emergency measures
For drowning surfers, fallen bicyclists and injured mountaineers, students in MIT’s 2.009 class devise products that could save lives.
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
Feeling the way
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
“Diagnosing” the U.S. health care system: in Soundings Magazine
The U.S. health system has been ranked second in the world in expenditures — and 38th in the world for performance. What's going on?
Blowin' in the wind
Students bring wind-speed monitoring equipment to campus to evaluate potential sites for a wind turbine.
