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MIT in the Media

The following news clips about MIT, updated on a regular basis, are just a partial selection of our most recent media coverage.
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CNN,
"The fact is that, since its founding in 1971, Southwest has performed 16 million flights without a single passenger fatality." — Opinion piece by Arnold Barnett, George Eastman professor of management science
Wired,
“In 2001, Drazen Prelec and Duncan Simester, business professors at MIT, conducted a real life auction for tickets to a Boston Celtics game. Half the participants in the auction were informed that they had to pay with cash; the other half had to pay with a credit card.”
Chicago Tribune,
"For all its computer-generated theatrical dazzle – created by Machover's Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab -- it is at heart a poignant family drama, about how we connect, and how the choices we make in life impact on those we care about and who care about us."
The New York Times,
"So far no country has reached a conclusion on the safety requirements for nuclear plants following the Fukushima accident, according to Mujid S. Kazimi, director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
The Boston Globe,
“The recent growth, which MIT pursued even through the recession, has injected millions of dollars into the city, augmented the university’s involvement in the life sciences, and remade once-gritty neighborhoods into one of the prime biotechnology and research centers in the country.”
New Scientist,
"The user touches a data item they wish to copy from a device, conceptually saving it in the user's body ... Next, the user touches the other device to which they want to paste the saved content."
Wired,
“(MIT professor Brian) Wardle and a team of researchers have developed a way of using heat-sensitive cameras to detect internal damage to composite structures.”
The Washington Post,
Andrew Lo, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, discusses behavioral finance and investment strategy during unpredictable events.
The Boston Globe,
"Energy Secretary Steven Chu ... and several Obama administration officials visited MIT yesterday to meet with business leaders about revamping federal policies to support innovation."
The Washington Post,
"Decision day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was set for Pi Day — since pi is equal to 3.1415926, the decisions were announced on 3/14 for the Class of 2015 at 9:26 p.m."
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