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MIT News: January/February 2010

A President's Urgent Call--from MIT

After an unprecedented presidential lab tour, Barack Obama delivers an address asking America to lead in clean energy. By David Chandler

"If the Obama were a unit of measure ..."

A student's account of the president's visit. By Michael Snively ’11

Driven to Abstraction

Institute Professor Barbara Liskov pioneered many of the ideas that have shaped modern computer science. By Erica Naone, SM '07

Poverty's Researcher

MacArthur Foundation "genius" Esther Duflo, PhD '99, field-tests aid programs to find out which ones work-and why. By Peter Dizikes

77 Mass Ave.

Stimulating Sight

Retinal implant could restore some vision to blind people

Having It Both Ways

Color-shifting roofs could save energy

Linear Equations Go Quantum

Quantum computers may actually be useful

Four Geniuses and a Laureate

Alumni honored with MacArthur, Nobel awards

Energy Studies

New minor addresses a major issue

An Attractive Prospect

Researchers get gas to act like a magnet

Meet the Author

A Classic Text, 40 Years in the Making

Computer science class finally gets its textbook

Seen on Campus

Playing the Angles

Alumni Connection

Career Lifeline

Alumni peer mentoring reshapes lives

Happy Birthday, Mystery Hunt!
Other Alumni News

Alumni Profiles

George Miller '40
Frank Tapparo '60
Brother Guy Consolmagno '74, SM '75
Julianne Malveaux, PhD '80
Sophia Yen '93
Roger Chang '00, SM '02
Web Exclusive

See a photo gallery of Blake Brasher '01 explain the process of screenprinting.

Alumni Letters

Alumni Letters

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Next Exit: MIT

Traffic vs. Tech in the 1960s

My View

Global Warming vs. the Next Ice Age

Will the greenhouse effect prevent the return of glaciers?

Donor Profile

Alex and Laura Laats

Puzzle Corner

Puzzle Corner
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