President L. Rafael Reif speaks with Fortune’s Erika Fry about Lubna Olayan, CEO and deputy chairperson of Olayan Financing Co., who was named to Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women. Reif says that Olayan’s mental nimbleness is “an asset and a gift that few people have."
MIT and Boston University are joining forces to provide law clinics for student entrepreneurs looking for legal advice, reports Katherine Nazemi for The Tech. “There’s opportunity for students to drop in and say ‘I don’t know if I need help or not, but this is what I’m doing, what do you think?’” explains Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart.
Erin Baldassari writes for The Cambridge Chronicle about MIT’s plans for six new buildings in Kendall Square. “As a bold new gateway to MIT, Kendall Square opens a new frontier for us to reimagine the relationship between town and gown,” said Hashim Sarkis, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning.
Sam Henken writes for BostInno about MIT’s Kendall Square Initiative. "This project is really important to the academic mission of MIT," said Provost Marty Schmidt. "MIT as an institution really focuses on how we can take the ideas on this campus and move them out so they have impact."
WBUR reports on MIT’s plan to create six new buildings in Kendall Square. Three of the buildings would be used for “research and development, two for housing and one for retail and office space.”
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, an MIT alumna, is featured in Wired’s list of people transforming the business world. Jessi Hempel writes that Smith, this year’s commencement speaker, brings a "startup mentality to Washington, D.C."
The Cambridge Chronicle reports that alumnus Samuel Tak Lee has donated $118 million to establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab at MIT. The lab will have a particular focus on China, and “will promote social responsibility among entrepreneurs and academics in the real estate profession worldwide.”
The MIT Innovation Initiative will welcome former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as a visiting innovation fellow this spring, writes Steve Annear for Boston Magazine.
Dennis Keohane of BetaBoston writes that Gov. Deval Patrick will be joining the MIT Innovation Initiative as a visiting innovation fellow. “The role entails Patrick taking part in a variety of events on MIT’s Cambridge campus, engaging with students and faculty on issues such as policymaking, entrepreneurship, and innovation-based growth,” writes Keohane.
According to the Associated Press, “former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed on to be a visiting fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” Patrick, who left office after two terms, will be joining MIT’s Innovation Initiative.
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has accepted a position as a visiting fellow with the MIT Innovation initiative, reports Matt Stout of the Boston Herald. “We want to think through with the governor, what are the big issues shaping the innovation economy?” says Professor Fiona Murray, associate dean for innovation.
Boston Globe reporter David Scharfenberg writes that Gov. Deval Patrick has joined the MIT Innovation Initiative. Associate Dean for Innovation Fiona Murray explains that “having the right kinds of policies and programs in place to enable people to actually be effective innovators and entrepreneurs really matters.”
Robert Olsen of Forbes profiles MIT alumnus Samuel Tak Lee, who recently made one of the largest gifts in MIT’s history to establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab. “Now that he’s achieved such success, he’s helping others to follow a similar path by supporting the schools he attended,” writes Olsen.
Inside Higher Ed reports on the $118 million gift from MIT alumnus Samuel Tak Lee that will be used to establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab at MIT. The gift, one of the largest in MIT’s history, is aimed at exploring sustainability and social responsibility in the field of real estate.
Jack Newsham writes for The Boston Globe about the new gift from MIT alumnus Samuel Tak Lee to “fund the study of sustainable real estate development” through the creation of a new lab at MIT. The lab will have a focus on China, “a country where the real estate sector is rapidly changing.”