Author: Katharine Dunn
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...
OA research in the news: Reader for the visually impaired
Researchers in the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group have built a prototype of a device that helps visually impaired people read printed text. The...
OA research in the news: Robotics expert Seth Teller dies
Seth Teller, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and head of the Robotics, Vision, and Sensor Networks group,...
OA research in the news: The cost of patent trolls
A new study by a Sloan researcher suggests that the recent increase of so-called “patent trolls”—companies that do little more than sue others over...
OA research in the news: Anand wins 2014 Drucker Medal
Mechanical engineering professor Lallit Anand has won the 2014 Daniel C. Drucker Medal, awarded by the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of...
OA research in the news: Storms peaking further from tropics
A new study coauthored by an MIT faculty member shows that powerful tropical storms are peaking in intensity further away from the equator. The...