Author: Katharine Dunn
OA research in the news: Modern dance meets robotics
Earlier this month, more than 250 members of the MIT community gathered on Jack Berry Field carrying specially made umbrellas that lit up with...
OA research in the news: Can IP rights slow innovation?
Intellectual property rights may give incentive to people and companies to do creative work, but do they also hinder subsequent innovation? This is the...
OA research in the news: Boyden honored for optogenetics work
Ed Boyden, an associate professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, has won Brandeis University’s Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and...
OA research in the news: The Townsend Thai Project
In 1997, economist Robert Townsend and colleague Sombat Sakunthasathien, a Thai government researcher, began to gather data on family and community finances in rural...
Open access gains momentum in Washington
White House takes action to increase access to the results of federally funded scientific research When MIT faculty adopted an open access (OA) policy...
OA research in the news: Profs receive undergrad teaching award
Four professors were recently named MacVicar Faculty Fellows, honored for their outstanding undergraduate teaching and commitment to innovation in education. The honorees are Linda...
OA research in the news: Atomic collapse seen for the first time
A team of researchers from MIT and other institutions have shown atomic collapse, a phenomenon predicted decades ago but never before observed. The researchers,...
OA research in the news: Moniz nominated Secretary of Energy
This week, President Barack Obama nominated physics professor Ernest Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy. Moniz previously served the White House as...
OA research in the news: Demaine receives Presburger Award
Erik Demaine, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has won the 2013 European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) Presburger Award for young...