| The Productive Economist | | | | | | Economist Robert Solow won a Nobel Prize for his research on technology, productivity, and growth. But his legacy as a mentor is equally remarkable: All told, he advised more than 70 PhD students, four of whom would win Nobels in economics themselves. |
| MIT releases results of fact-finding on engagements with Jeffrey Epstein Law firm completes independent review of faculty, staff, and administration actions. |  |
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| Top MIT research stories of 2019 |
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The most popular stories of the year include science breakthroughs, engineering feats, and confirmation of 16th century architectural genius. |  |
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| Finding the true potential of algorithms Using mathematical theory, Virginia Williams coaxes algorithms to run faster or proves they’ve hit their maximum speed. |  |
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| Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials |
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Using limited data, an automated system developed at MIT predicts a company’s quarterly sales. |  |
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| Forging a new story from an old ring |
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Stephen Fantone ’74 is donating part of his Brass Rat collection to benefit the financial assistance program that helps today’s students buy Brass Rats. |  |
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| Laser ultrasounds can look inside your body without you even feeling it // Gizmodo MIT researchers have developed a non-invasive medical imaging technique “without any physical contact required, improving upon the limitations of equipment like ultrasound machines.” |
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| The best interiors books to start the year in style // Financial Times |
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In his latest book, Associate Professor Timothy Hyde explores “the ‘most vile’ buildings of the past century, and explores the societal (and aesthetic) contexts that make them so.” |
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| The 2019 good tech awards // The New York Times |
Biobot, an MIT startup cofounded by Mariana Matus PhD ’18 and former MIT researcher Newsha Ghaelit, analyzes sewer samples to identify opioid use levels in specific neighborhoods. It is highlighted in a list of tech companies that had a positive social impact in 2019. |
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| MIT art center hires Natalie Bell, rising New York curator, to oversee exhibitions program // ARTNews |
Natalie Bell has been selected as the new exhibition curator for the MIT List Visual Arts Center. “I’ve long admired the List Center as a laboratory for art and ideas,” Bell said. |
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| | | MIT’s annual Trashion Show spotlights waste and sustainability: Student designers create garments from trash and recycled materials, which are then modeled on the runway. “These people are driven by risk-taking,” sophomore Julia Chatterjee says. |
| | | When Sneaky the Lizard, a fictional character, received a PhD in chemistry from MIT, an enthusiastic team of researchers in the lab of Yogesh “Yogi” Surendranath was there to celebrate. “My group is so weird, but I love them so much,” the associate professor says. The Surendranath lab — seen here holding some of their favorite things — is a tight-knit group that enjoys inside jokes in addition to imaginary lizards. They also perform groundbreaking work in electrochemistry that’s opening new paths to a low-carbon future. “It is a true joy to interact with enthusiastic, like-minded, passionate people every day and engage with them on really stimulating problems,” Surendranath says. |
| | | A new video celebrates 50 years of Interphase EDGE, a program for first-year students that helps to ensure a successful transition to MIT. “I recall that experience being really instrumental in helping me to feel a part of the MIT community,” says Eboney Hearn ’01, who is now the executive director of MIT’s Office of Engineering Outreach Programs |
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