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MIT News: May/June 2008

Catching Einstein's Waves: MIT physicists looking for gravitational waves are tackling one of the world's hardest engineering problems. The result could be a whole new way to investigate the universe.
By Katherine Bourzac, SM ’04

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Dice-K!: Professor names a brain research tool after a Red Sox pitcher.

Gecko Tape: Sheets of elastic, sticky polymers could replace sutures, deliver drugs.

Power Dressing

Exploring at Home and Abroad: Three big MIT initiatives.

Hollywood Meets MIT: Glimpsing Vader, talking teleportation.

Liver Cancer and Men: Genes play a big role.

A Mathematical Model for Violence: Population mix predicts ethnic clashes.

Meet the Author

Building Blocks: Students remember the allure of things.
By Jennifer Chu

Seen on Campus

A Green Whiteboard

Features

Saving a Language: A rare book at MIT helps linguists revive a long-unused Native American tongue.
By Jeffrey Mifflin

Language Reclamation 101: How MIT linguists are working to revive Wôpanâak.

Once More, with Feeling: Carlos Prieto '58 gave up a promising business career to pursue a life in music.
By Alice Dragon

Alumni Connections

K-12 and the Institute: MIT builds pipelines for young learners.

Tech Day 2008 Goes "Out of this World"

Enjoy Faculty Webcasts at Your Leisure

MIT's K-12 Smorgasbord

Alumni Profiles

Richard Muther '38, SM '41

Ron Kurtz '54, '59, SM '60

John Miller '64

Ken Isaacson '75

Celia Francis, SM '94

Mathias Craig, SM '03

Alumni Letters

Alumni Letters: Letters from our readers.

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The Birth of MIT Medical: A good idea and a determined doctor.
By Allyson T. Collins, SM ’08

My View

A Serendipitous Passion: Getting hooked on international development the the PSC.
By Amos Winter, SM ’05

Alumni

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