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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in intellectual-property suitMIT had filed amicus brief in case supporting Stanford University and university technology transfer generally.

Power to the peopleEntrepreneurs at MIT’s Legatum Center are trying to bring clean-energy solutions to developing countries.

Explained: Defining recessionsIt’s not what conventional wisdom holds, as an MIT economist — who heads the bureau charged with identifying U.S. downturns — makes clear.

All in the family: MIT Sloan becoming home for the HatamisThird sibling to receive his MBA this spring; follows his older brother and younger sister.

MIT to file amicus brief in intellectual-property caseInstitute will support Stanford in asking U.S. Supreme Court to review dispute that could undermine technology-transfer system.

Q&A with Simon JohnsonMIT’s outspoken bank critic on the state of the financial industry, the need for reform, and the performance of the White House

Temporary gainsMIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers’ income and employment prospects

Reporter's Notebook: Even in the cold, Clover is hotCampus food truck is filmed for upcoming TLC show

Graduate student’s business storms the cinema lighting industryNuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Michael Short is quickly becoming a leader in the cinema lighting industry with his business, the LEDStorm On-Camera Light, which he designed and built in the MIT Hobby Shop.

How to encourage big ideasA new study suggests certain types of funding — which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results — lead to more innovative and influential research.

Reporter’s Notebook: Emergency measuresFor drowning surfers, fallen bicyclists and injured mountaineers, students in MIT’s 2.009 class devise products that could save lives.

All wired upMIT's Erik Brynjolfsson explains how technology really helps the economy — even as the restructuring it is spurring causes pain.

Saving laborPolitical scientist Richard Locke says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken.
He proposes a new solution.

3 Questions: Robert Solow on the struggle aheadThe MIT Nobel laureate explains why we need more economic stimulus — and more innovation.

3 Questions: Vincent Lépinay on bankers unleashedAn MIT anthropologist, who studies financial practices, discusses how ever-changing banking tools baffle regulators.

Insurance against financial fearWhen the economy stumbles, panic can drive matters from bad to worse. Economist Ricardo Caballero has a new plan to keep investment markets free of fear