Obama intends to nominate Suresh as next NSF director
The MIT engineering dean would lead the independent federal agency that supports science and engineering research.
Student-run MIT Energy Conference influences national legislation
Bingaman cites annual event as he introduces bill in U.S. Senate
Diamond nominated for Federal Reserve post
MIT economist and Institute Professor is Obama’s choice for the U.S. central bank’s seven-person board of governors.
An altered state
As Mexico’s violence persists, an MIT scholar says a solution must address the economic dislocations tied to the country’s rapid urbanization.
Michael Greenstone named director of The Hamilton Project
MIT economist to head Washington-based policy group
‘Failure is good’
In a talk to promote his new book, MIT’s Simon Johnson lambastes a finance industry he sees as lacking a healthy fear of losing money.
Explained: Radiative forcing
When there’s more energy radiating down on the planet than there is radiating back out to space, something’s going to have to heat up
A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
Though widely seen as a failure, December’s climate conference may actually have set the world on the right path, panelists suggest
Congressman Markey visits Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Lawmaker observes experiments under way at campus facility
Carl Kaysen, MIT professor emeritus and national security expert, dies at age 89
As an adviser under President Kennedy, he helped negotiate a key nuclear test ban treaty.
John Holdren keynote at AeroAstro Giant Leaps
The next 'Giant Leaps' in energy, environment and air transportation
Liberty by Design
Alan Davidson, Washington Policy Counsel and head of Google's government affairs office gives the Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems, hosted by Engineering Systems Division
MIT goes to Copenhagen
Delegation of MIT professors, students and alumni attend historic global warming conference to present research and report on event