From the President
A Letter from the President
Educating global leaders
Spring 2007
From the President
Educating global leaders
International engagement is becoming more important than ever before, and to respond to the new environment, MIT is educating a new generation of global leaders and citizens.
The Daniel K. Ludwig Fund creates a new MIT research center, the most generous gift to U.S. cancer research in history.
Prof. Ian Hutchinson says graduate fellowships in nuclear engineering are vital to addressing the global energy crisis.
Prof. Robert Weinberg, who has helped unveil key aspects of how tumors spread, heads a new center devoted to probing this lethal cancer phenomena.
In a twist of fate, Prof. Kerry Emanuel’s book, highlighting hurricane disasters, went on sale within days of Katrina.
Thermoelectricity has been around a long time, but Prof. Gang Chen’s innovations, along with other MIT work, promise dramatic increases in efficiency.
Assoc. Prof. Melissa Nobles examines the national census and explores the politics that lie behind the counting.
Junior Jason Katz-Brown, one of the country’s top Scrabble players, recently held the title as the North American expert.
Mitchell Joachim, an MIT architect, says people may one day grow their houses instead of building them.
Tony Sun, ‘74, believes MIT students need global experience. “Being the best engineer alone is insufficient…unless (you) have a broader view of…the world,” he says.