Author: Katharine Dunn
OA research in the news: Does church attendance cause people to vote?
In a paper published last month, researchers including MIT economist Jonathan Gruber use the repeal of Sunday shopping (or “blue”) laws in various states to determine that...
OA research in the news: What our sewage says about us
This month, MIT researchers and local public health officials will gather and analyze waste from Cambridge sewers in search of insights into the health of...
OA research in the news: Murray receives award from Queen Elizabeth
Entrepreneurship professor Fiona Murray, the Sloan School of Management’s associate dean for innovation, has been named a Commander in the Order of the British...
OA research in the news: Longtime anthropologist retires from MIT
Jean Jackson, one of the earliest members of MIT’s Anthropology program and a founding member of the Women’s and Gender Studies program (formerly Women’s...
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...