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At this weekend’s New Space Age Conference, private space industry entrepreneurs and innovators descended on MIT’s campus to showcase their novel commercial ideas and innovations that could help humanity explore space and benefit people here on Earth.

Commercial space: Can we privatize our way to the stars?

Annual conference explores the rise and distant future of the private space industry.

March 14, 2017

MIT graduate programs earn top marks from US News

Graduate engineering and economics programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 4.

March 14, 2017

Bevi is a smart beverage-dispensing machine — made with high-quality components inspired by medical devices — that filters and adds carbonation and customizable flavors to tap water in offices, gyms, and hotels.

The next-generation water cooler

Smart flavored-beverage machines are persuading consumers nationwide to ditch their plastic bottles.

March 8, 2017

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings

MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas.

March 8, 2017

Recent IDM presentations included one team's proposal for reducing and reusing waste in the production of Camper Shoes.

Constraints and viewpoints

The Integrated Design and Management Program blends creativity, analysis, and empathy.

March 7, 2017

Julia Heyman wins 2017 Carroll L. Wilson Award

Award will fund a 12-month project to study the implementation of wheelchair sensors in Indonesia.

March 7, 2017

MIT Professor Stephen Ross speaks at the 2013 MIT Sloan Master of Finance convocation.

Professor Stephen Ross, inventor of arbitrage pricing theory, dies at 73

Ross, who joined the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1997, relished the practical use of finance theory.

March 6, 2017

The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference — SSAC for short — drew over 3,500 attendees to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, on March 3 and 4.

Get your head in the game

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference rolls on, showcasing more data and greater impact.

March 6, 2017

"This initiative is something that is right at the heart of what MIT stands for," said Professor Thomas Kochan, moderator for the launch event of a new project known as Mens et Manus America. "We believe in solving important problems, contributing collectively wherever we can."

Mens et Manus America initiative launches with documentary event

Over 200 students and faculty attend kickoff as SHASS and Sloan begin an exploration of current U.S. social, political, economic challenges.

March 3, 2017

“We found that companies with high leverage around 2006 ended up laying off more people,” says Xavier Giroud, the Ford International Career Development Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-author of a new study that sheds further light on the Great Recession.

The corporate debt trap

Study: Firms that owed more also laid off more workers during the 2007-2009 recession.

March 2, 2017

Eight student teams pitched novel inventions at last night’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize pitch competition. Rendever earned the $25,000 grand prize for creating a virtual-reality platform that gives the elderly the chance to explore the world virtually. The platform also provides cognitive therapy and tracks movement data to aid in early diagnosis of dementia.

Virtual-reality system for the elderly wins health care prize

Eight student teams pitched novel inventions at MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.

February 24, 2017

Founded at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sistine Solar creates custom solar panels designed to mimic home facades and other environments, as well as display custom designs, with aims of enticing more homeowners to install photovoltaic systems.

Solar panels get a face-lift with custom designs

Startup aims for wider U.S. solar adoption with photovoltaic panels that can display any image.

February 22, 2017

MIT Global Entrepreneur Bootcamp alumnus Yen Pei Tay has enjoyed startup success with his Simplify app.

From MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to boomtown

An MIT global entrepreneur launches one of the world's most innovative companies.

February 15, 2017

The MIT Hyperloop pod sits quietly before being pushed up to speed during its big test run.

Safe at any speed

MIT’s Hyperloop team levitates through its first test-run competition.

February 14, 2017

Artist Leo Villareal's "Light Matrix" LED installation at MIT's newly renovated Building E52, the Morris and Sophie Chang Building

Featured video: The light fantastic in Building E52

Leo Villareal's "hypnotic" LED art installation welcomes visitors to the newly renovated Morris and Sophie Chang Building.

February 3, 2017

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