Issue: Fall 2004
COVER STORY: The Chance to Soar
Students say a scholarship is the chance of a lifetime - a chance to learn, grow, and succeed.
Over the Top
The Campaign for MIT reaches $2B goal.
Saying Thanks
David Thompson, ‘76, gives MIT a scholarship to honor his parents.
Change at Work
Prof. Tom Malone says technology is changing the workplace – including a time when employees will actually vote on who will be their boss.
Inventing the Future
Assoc. Prof. Ted Selker, who’s inventing technology for the future, dreams of a world that spins forever and doesn’t destroy its resources.
Tangible Technology
By making bits something we can manipulate with our hands and perceive through our senses, Assoc. Prof. Hiroshi Ishii is working to bridge the physical world with cyberspace.
Enabling Life
Assoc. Prof. Catherine Drennan is studying molecules that may one day yield major medical and environmental benefits.
Space Spheres
In the spirit of hands-on learning, Assoc. Prof. David Miller and his students are building mini-satellites.
Research Briefs
Insight into Alzheimer’s, cutting aircraft noise, and more.
Child Play
Housed for the first time in an MIT academic building, children are exploring the world alongside scientists and engineers.
New Invention
Saul Griffith developed a device to make low-cost eyeglasses that could benefit billions.
Bonny Bagpipes
Steve Reece has no Scottish blood, but he loves to play the bagpipes.
