Dalai Lama visits MIT
April 30th, 2009
The Dalai Lama today visits MIT to dedicate a new center aimed at promoting ethical behavior and leadership.
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Archive for April, 2009
Six from MIT elected to NAS
April 30th, 2009
Six MIT faculty members are among the 72 newly elected members and 18 foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Innovator Selanikio Wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
April 30th, 2009
The Lemelson-MIT Program today named Dr. Joel Selanikio as the recipient of the 2009 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability in recognition of his accomplishments in public health and international development.
DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at MIT
April 30th, 2009
MIT will be home to two of 46 new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), the White House announced this week.
Moniz named to Obama’s science and technology advisory council
April 30th, 2009
MIT Energy Initiative Director Ernest J. Moniz is among the 20 leading U.S. scientists and engineers selected to serve on President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Making waves in the brain
April 30th, 2009
MIT researchers and colleagues have found a way to induce gamma waves – high-frequency brain waves thought to be crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory – by shining laser light directly onto the brains of mice.
Chemists synthesize cancer drug candidate
April 30th, 2009
For the first time, MIT chemists have synthesized a complex compound, first discovered in ocean-living fungus, that has shown the ability to kill cancer cells.
Back to (basics for) the future?
April 30th, 2009
Regulation of carbon emissions could pose a significant challenge to the way engineers design products, cities and more, but a solution may be as simple as using archaic building materials such as soil, says MIT Associate Professor John Ochsendorf.
MIT to reduce the number of varsity sports offered
April 30th, 2009
Today, MIT announces that the following eight varsity sports will no longer be offered at the Institute: Alpine Skiing, Golf, Men’s Ice Hockey, Women’s Ice Hockey, Men’s Gymnastics, Women’s Gymnastics, Pistol, and Wrestling. These changes are effective at the conclusion of this academic year.
Engineering first in U.S. News graduate tally
April 30th, 2009
MIT’s School of Engineering was again ranked No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual evaluation of American graduate school programs, which hits newsstands next week.
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