Tuesday, November 24

Selling chip makers on optical computing

By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn’t so far fetched.

Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office

today's top stories

ET: Check your voicemail

New message beamed to the stars commemorates Earth’s first attempt to reach out to intelligent aliens

David L. Chandler, MIT News Office

Feeling the way

Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.

Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

institute announcements

Three MIT
students are
Rhodes Scholars

A record year for U.S. students at the Institute

In victory for MIT, campus post office to remain open

November 19, 2009

Institute launches new diversity and inclusion web site

November 17, 2009

more announcements

sixty seconds at MIT

Climate Collaboratorium

Aimed at both experts and the public, the Climate Collaboratorium provides a forum for discussing, testing and selecting models, plans and arguments about what humans can do about global climate change.

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in the media

"I kept saying, 'What 1,000 words am I going to choose that’s going to get across who I am?'"

MIT senior Ugwechi Amadi, on the 1,000-word statement she had to write as part of the Rhodes scholar selection process. Amadi and two other MIT students — Caroline Huang and Steven Mo — won scholarships this year.

The Boston Globe
November 23, 2009

"Clearly it's time for a combination of creative thinking and tough-mindedness — and nobody has more of that latter quality than Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

Article on needed budget cuts in New Mexico titled "Could state take cue from MIT cost-cutting?"

Santa Fe New Mexican
November 20, 2009

in technology review

IBM's Move in Microfluidic

Low-Carbon Fuel Rules

Arming the Immune System against H1N1

Blog: Can Hybrids Crack Quantum Computing?

Visit TechnologyReview.com

around campus

of note

Snacks on a Plane? Staying healthy during holiday travel

Dr. Howard M. Heller, Chief of Medicine at MIT Medical, talks about how to stay safe while traveling, especially on airplanes. What about that recirculated air? And what are safe and unsafe ways to eat on the plane?

Read more on the MIT Medical web site

featured url

Global MIT

Recently redesigned homepage of Global MIT, which focuses on the outreach efforts of the Institute to the greater world.

http://global.mit.edu/

calendar highlights

November 24, 2009
H1N1 Vaccine Clinic (by appointment only)
An H1N1 vaccination clinic will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 24, by appointment only for certain risk groups.
November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! The Institute is closed for the holiday.
November 27, 2009
Friday After Thanksgiving
MIT Museums's annual fun-filled, family event hosted by sculptor Arthur Ganson.
November 30, 2009
Sustainability@Sloan
Speaker: Martin Fleming, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, IBM Corporation
November 30, 2009
Urban Poverty and the Environment
Lecure by Mark Redwood, International Development Research Centre.
December 1, 2009
Transportation@MIT seminar
Speaker: Andreas Schulz, professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management
December 2, 2009
MIT Global Operations Conference
This conference gathers leaders from MIT and industry to discuss the latest ideas to design, develop, manufacture and distribute.

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