Issue: Spring 2006
COVER STORY: New Strategies for Saving Lives
Are we turning the corner against cancer? Thanks in significant part to some remarkable new discoveries and technologies emerging from MIT, the outlook is getting steadily brighter.
Good Energy
Ron Crane establishes a professorship in the School of Engineering to support energy-related research.
Gift of a Scholarship
Larry and Jan Birenbaum establish a scholarship to promote the country’s diverse citizenship, because Larry says, “My heart goes out to immigrants.”
Fab Lab
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld says the day is coming when we will produce our own products at home with a device called a personal fabricator.
Awakening Others
Elizabeth Cox, a teacher of creative writing at MIT and the author of five books, has garnered an armful of honors.
Emotional Intelligence
Prof. Rosalind Picard is teaching machines to sense and respond more intelligently to our emotions.
Global Connection
Xiaomin Mou participates in MIT's MISTI program, which offers students the chance to work across the globe. So far, Mou has participated in seven internships.
One Year Cycle
Sophomore Orian Welling recently rode his bicycle from Alaska to Argentina — a 15,000-mile trip.
Natural Connection
Kate Broadbent, an MIT freshman, is one of the top equestrians in the country.
Winners Deliver
Joe Gavin supports cancer research at MIT, because he says, MIT's researchers are winners.
