Author: Katharine Dunn
OA research in the news: Adventures in product design
This week, dozens of MIT undergraduates showed off their work in a semester-end presentation for Product Engineering Processes, a class led by professor of...
OA research in the news: Waves as scientific & cultural things
This fall, MIT anthropologist Stefan Helmreich gave the prestigious Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture at the University of Rochester. Helmreich, whose 2009 award-winning book Alien...
OA research in the news: AeroAstro turns 100
Last week, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics celebrated its 100th anniversary with a three-day Centennial Symposium. The events included a panel with nine...
Second annual Open Access Week table a success
Nearly 30 students, researchers, and staff stopped by the Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright & Licensing (OSPCL) table in Lobby 10 on Wednesday set up to celebrate the eighth...
OA research in the news: Autism as a disorder of prediction
In a paper published this month, MIT researchers suggest that many of the varied symptoms that characterize autism may be explained by a difficulty...
OA research in the news: Study shows “substantial learning” in MOOC
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, appear to be thriving. Want to hear about the “violent universe” from faculty at the Australian National University?...
OA research in the news: Bhatia wins Lemelson-MIT Prize
Biomedical engineer and professor Sangeeta Bhatia has been awarded the 2014 Lemelson-MIT Prize, worth $500,000, which goes to mid-career inventors with a commitment to...
OA research in the news: Ebola outbreak linked to funeral
In a study published last week, researchers including MIT Biology professor Eric Lander show that this year’s explosive Ebola outbreak in West Africa possibly...
OA research in the news: Report on the future of MIT education
This week, MIT President Rafael Reif released the final report of the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education, which “marks the...