"MIT professor and international philosopher Noam Chomskey told BBC Radio 5 live Up All Night that the UK and US support for Gaddafi was 'embarrassing.'" This clip contains an audio snippet.
"Friday, as part of a five hour music marathon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., producer and composer Brian Eno‘s 'Music For Airports' will get a live treatment in a first-ever collaboration between two trailblazers of contemporary classical music: the Kronos Quartet and the Bang On A Can All-Stars." This article includes audio of the WBUR interview with Bang on a Can bassist Robert Black.
This article, which ran in multiple outlets, discusses two papers, one of which was written by MIT's David Autor, and suggests that reading the two will clearly illustrate the following message: "Globalization and the technology revolution are increasing productivity and prosperity. But those rewards are unevenly shared."
"A co-production of Underground Railway Theater and Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, “Breaking the Code” is directed by Adam Zahler and boasts the finest ensemble acting of any -local company this season."
"The conflict in Afghanistan risks becoming the 'forgotten war' as the West's attention turns to events in Libya and the Middle East, David Miliband has warned...Ahead of a major speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Mr Miliband said: 'The epochal events in the Middle East this year have redefined foreign policy.'"
MIT professors Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are profiled in an article about their research and new book 'Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty'.
MIT professor Sherry Turkle is quoted in a piece about the human relationship with technology, social networking, and the pscyhological ramifications of using such technology, such as FOMO, "fear of missing out."
"A 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology study found that the value of a non-foreclosed home drops an average of one percent if it is located within 250 feet of a foreclosed house."