From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sat Apr 05 2003 - 08:36:34 PST
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M I T E - N E W S April 2003
A monthly update of news, events and research at MIT
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IN THIS ISSUE:
HIGHLIGHT: Boston's 8 research universities provide $7B annual boost
to the regional economy
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/econimpact.html
CAMPUS: Iraq War * Mitchell to be Commencement Speaker
Singapore Universities * Technology Licensing
Top Teachers * 2003-04 Tuition * New Alumni Head
Boost to Boston * New Corporation Head * Harbison/BSO
RESEARCH: Super Tree * Close Gamma-Ray Burst
Vegetation and Climate * Mexico City Air * Protein Screen
Global Environmental Alarm * Hawaiian Water
FEATURE: Alumnus Cellist
EVENTS: Online Newspapers * Global and Homeland Security
Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis * Lower Manhattan Renewal
CLIPS: Alternative Spring Break * I, Robot * Virtual Fish
QUICK LINKS
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MIT ON CAMPUS
'02 ROTC grad believes in U.S. mission in Iraq (April 2)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/apr02/rotc.html
MIT community members rally to protest Iraq war (April 2)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/apr02/rally.html
Clay: Respect other opinions (March 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar19/clay.html
Mitchell to speak at Commencement (March 31)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/comm-mitchell.html
Singapore universities, MIT expand graduate distance education
program (March 26)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/singapore.html
Technology Licensing Office has terrific year, 'SuperWeek' (March 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar19/licensing.html
Students love to learn from these teachers (March 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar12/macvicar.html
2003-04 tuition, fees announced; undergraduate aid increased (March 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar12/tuition.html
Garvin to succeed Hecht in Alumni Association post (March 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar12/alumni.html
Boston's 8 research universities provide $7B annual boost to the
regional economy (March 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/econimpact.html
Mead to head MIT Corporation (March 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/mead.html
BSO premieres Harbison's 'Requiem' (March 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar05/harbison.html
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MIT RESEARCH
MIT research helps ID tree that 'cures 1,000 diseases' (April 3)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/plants.html
Weekend gamma-ray burst is the closest ever (April 3)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/hete2.html
Vegetation essential to balancing climate models (March 31)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/sahara.html
Mexico City's air pollution is focus of MIT-led research (March 26)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/mexico.html
Screen for protein developed at CCR revolutionizes proteomics (March 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar19/screen.html
Nobelists sound alarm on global environmental trends (March 7)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/nobels.html
MIT TREX to Hawaii teaches hydrology, native culture (March 7)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/hawaii.html
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MIT FEATURE
Cellist exited engineering at 38 to become a musician (March 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/mar05/prieto.html
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UPCOMING MIT EVENTS
Emerging Media: Innovation in Online Newspapers
April 28
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?48013
Global and Homeland Security: Science, Technology and the Role of the
University
May 2
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?52382
The Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh
May 5
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?53493
Lower Manhattan: Redevelopment, Remembrance, and Renewal
May 6
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?49962
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CLIPS & QUOTES
(Please note: links to outside news outlets may require registration
or fees, and may become inaccessible)
"College students are teaching others"
Times-Picayune, 4/3/2003, by Rob Nelson
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-1/104935362889980.xml
"I, Robot - by baby steps"
Globe and Mail, 3/22/2003, by Michael Valpy
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gtnews/TGAM/20030322/FCROBO
"Swimming with MIT's virtual fish"
Wired News, 3/7/2003, by Mark Baard
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57946,00.html
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QUICK LINKS
GENERAL INFORMATION
MIT - http://web.mit.edu
MIT Web Search - http://web.mit.edu/search.html
Events Calendar - http://events.mit.edu
NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
MIT News Office - http://web.mit.edu/news
Office of the Arts - http://web.mit.edu/arts
Sloan School of Management - http://mitsloan.mit.edu/news/main.html
TechnologyReview.com - http://www.technologyreview.com
List of MIT Publications - http://web.mit.edu/publications.html
MIT WORLD
Videos of MIT public events - http://web.mit.edu/mitworld
ALUMNI/AE
Alumni Association - http://web.mit.edu/alum
COMMUNICATIONS AND DONOR RELATIONS
Capital Campaign / Giving to MIT - http://web.mit.edu/giving
MIT SPECTRUM
Winter 2003: The Build Up - http://web.mit.edu/giving/spectrum
OPENDOOR
The Built Environment - http://alumweb.mit.edu/opendoor/200303/
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