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Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 18:33:30 PST
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M I T E - N E W S March 2003
A monthly update of news, events and research at MIT
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IN THIS ISSUE:
HIGHLIGHT: Shuttle tragedy hits home
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb05/shuttle-experts.html
CAMPUS: Tiny Robots * Junot Diaz * Molina Honored
U. Michigan Brief * Julian Bond * ISN at Fort Polk
Summer Programs * Cancer Survivor * Shuttle Tragedy
RESEARCH: Silencing Genes * Genetic Blinkers
Eco-Friendly Cars * Building Memories * Greenhouse Gases
Ferrofluids * New Waterproofing Process
FEATURE: Rx for Earth
EVENTS: Tax Plan * Creative Communities * Solar Power
Ageless Quest
CLIPS: Space Swimming * Pioneers of Molecular Biology
Love of Space
QUICK LINKS
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MIT ON CAMPUS
Robotic ants inventor James McLurkin wins
$30K Lemelson student prize (Feb. 26)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb26/lemelson.html
Diaz brings a powerful message to his creative writing workshop (Feb. 26)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb26/diaz.html
Molina shares $250,000 Heinz Award (Feb. 21)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/heinz.html
MIT, others ask Supreme Court to allow race as a factor
in U. Michigan admissions case (Feb. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/amicus.html
At MIT tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.,
Julian Bond decries rise of poverty among blacks (Feb. 14)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/mlk-bond.html
ISN troops take basic training at Ft. Polk (Feb. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb12/isn.html
MIT to open pre-college summer enrichment programs to all races (Feb. 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/programs.html
>From trike to bike, sophomore battles cancer (Feb. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb12/cancer.html
Shuttle tragedy hits home (Feb. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb05/shuttle-experts.html
Widnall appointed to Columbia Accident Investigation Board (Feb. 18)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/widnall.html
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MIT RESEARCH
Advance in gene silencing I (Feb. 14)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/rna.html
Advance in gene silencing II (Feb. 18)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/lentivirus.html
Class aims to engineer blinking life in the lab (Feb. 13)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/blinkers.html
Eco-friendly cars must travel long road to reality (Feb. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb12/hydrogen.html
Multiple learning mechanisms identified in human brains (Feb. 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/memory.html
MIT study: All greenhouse gases should be reduced to curb global
warming (Feb. 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/co2.html
Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers (Feb. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb05/ferrofluid.html
Team creates new process for waterproofing (Feb. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/feb05/waterproof.html
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MIT FEATURE
Rx for Earth: MIT venture seeks to better understand the planet
MIT Spectrum, Winter 2003
http://web.mit.edu/giving/spectrum/winter03/rx-for-earth.html
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UPCOMING MIT EVENTS
The Bush Tax Plan: Boon or Bust?
March 10
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?52135
Sustaining Creative Communities
March 12
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?51398
Solar Power: Trends, Technologies and Innovations
March 19
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?52254
Lenny Guarente - Ageless Quest
March 20
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?51293
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CLIPS & QUOTES
(Please note: links to outside news outlets may require registration
or fees, and may become inaccessible)
"Swimming through space 'possible'"
United Press International, 2/27/2003, by Charles Choi
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=3D20030226-103029-1705r
"The pioneers of molecular biology: Phil Sharp"
Time, 2/13/2003, by David Bjerklie
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030217/scdprofile4.html
"The pioneers of molecular biology: Robert Horvitz"
Time, 2/13/2003, by Christine Gorman
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030217/scdprofile6.html
"Nothing can dim his love of space"
Newsday, 2/5/2003, by Dennis Duggan
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-nydugg053117381feb05=,0,3166546.column?coll=3Dny-ny-columnists
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MIT - http://web.mit.edu
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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 - http://web.mit.edu/giving/spectrum
OPENDOOR
The Built Environment - http://alumweb.mit.edu/opendoor/200303/
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