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M I T E - N E W S December 2003
A monthly update of news, events and research at MIT
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IN THIS ISSUE:
HIGHLIGHT: 'Salamanders' is a team effort
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov19/salamander.html
CAMPUS: Award for Dresselhaus * MIT Computing Team
Cross-Country Runner * MLK Speaker * Columbia Accident
Alumnus Candidate * Weapons of Mass Confusion
Institute of Medicine * In Memoriam: Benton, Masamune
RESEARCH: Stem Cells * Data Mining for Materials
Education Arcade * Solar Outbursts * Heart Attack Risk
FEATURE: 'Red Hot' grad student
EVENTS: Wright Brothers * Climate Change * Iraq War
Sustainable Future
CLIPS: Baker House * Cheap, Simple Technology
Performing Arts Center * Lester Thurow
Language and Thought
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MIT ON CAMPUS
Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus receives
honor from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Nov. 26)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/dresselhaus.html
MIT computing team goes to world finals (Nov. 21)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/computing.html
'Salamanders' is a team effort (Nov. 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov19/salamander.html
MIT harrier takes Division III New England cross-country championship (Nov. 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/runner.html
Malveaux to speak at MLK breakfast (Nov. 19)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov19/mlk.html
Columbia accident has implications for educating, utilizing engineers (Nov. 13)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/widnall3.html
MIT alumnus nearly unseats city councilor (Nov. 7)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/debergalis.html
Weapons of mass destruction not created equal (Nov. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov05/weapons.html
Institute elects two from MIT (Nov. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov05/medicine.html
In memoriam:
Holography pioneer Stephen Benton dies at 61 (Nov. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/benton.html
Satoru Masamune, organic chemist, dies at 75 (Nov. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/masamune.html
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RESEARCH:
MIT researcher makes adult stem cells multiply, then revert to normal (Nov. 20)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/sherley.html
MIT engineers mine for new materials with a computer (Nov. 18)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/datamining.html
Education Arcade zooms in on games in the classroom (Nov. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/educade.html
Solar outbursts provide "perfect storms" for Haystack space weather
watchers (Nov. 14)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/solar.html
Genetic variation associated with higher heart attack risk (Nov. 4)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/heart.html
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MIT FEATURE
Magazine shoots 'red hot' grad student (Nov. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov05/fry.html
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UPCOMING MIT EVENTS
Exhibit marks anniversary of first flight
Related talks held Dec. 6 and 17
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/nov05/wright.html
Interpreting the record of climate change
Dec. 8
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?61461
The Iraq war: causes and consequences
Dec. 10
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=61635&location=http://web.mit.edu/cis/calendar/&groupid=330,447,1132,482,299,1447,1116,1291,352
Building a sustainable future
Dec. 11
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?64875
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CLIPS & QUOTES
(Please note: links to outside news outlets may require registration
or fees, and may become inaccessible)
"Aalto's MIT Masterpiece" (Baker House)
Metropolis Magazine, Dec. 2003, by Ted Smalley Bowen
http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1203/bak/
"Necessity is the mother of invention" (Amy Smith)
New York Times Magazine, Nov. 30, by Pagan Kennedy
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/magazine/30MIT.html?pagewanted=all&position=
"Performing Arts Center to get technological help from MIT students"
Miami Today, Nov. 20, by Shannon Pettypiece
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/031120/story6.shtml
"Thurowly entertaining" (Lester Thurow)
Toronto Star, Nov. 20 by David Olive
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1069283411664&call_pageid=968350072197
"She explores the world of language and thought" (Lera Boroditsky)
Boston Globe, Nov. 18, by Barbara Moran
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2003/11/18/she_explores_the_world_of_language_and_thought?mode=PF
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