Author: Katharine Dunn

OA research in the news: How global warming can worsen snowfalls

OA research in the news: How global warming can worsen snowfalls

In the last month, Boston has set a string of records: Most snowfall in the city in a 30-day period (90.2 inches); deepest snow...

Science

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...

Scholarly communication

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...

Engineering

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...

Scholarly communication

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...

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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...

Scholarly communication

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...

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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...

Engineering

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...

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