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...Moniz is also the Director of MIT's Energy Initiative, called MITEI. And he and President Hockfield just showed me some of the extraordinary energy research being conducted at this institute: windows that generate electricity by directing light to solar cells; light-weight, high-power batteries that aren't built, but are grown -- that was neat stuff; engineering viruses to create -- to create batteries; more efficient lighting systems that rely on nanotechnology; innovative engineering that will make it possible for offshore wind power plants to deliver electricity even when the air is still...
...week later, MIT president Susan Hockfield released a formal letter outlining the university’s future financial plans. The letter stated that although MIT must make changes, the impact would be softened by three buffers—a balanced budget, the relate stability of endowment payments, and cash reserves...
...These facts cannot fully insulate us from the chill of the markets, but they do afford us the time to make thoughtful, coordinated choices,” Hockfield stated in the letter...
...growing the $400 million into a $1 billion endowment, which may require more gifts from other donors, Eli Broad said at a press conference following a series of speeches that included Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78, University President Drew G. Faust, and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Plans for the management of the funds have not yet been finalized. The Broads, who made their fortune in Southern California real estate and founded two Fortune 500 companies, gave their first $100 million to the institute in 2003, intending that the gift would be spent over 10 years...
...goal of growing the $400 million into a $1 billion endowment, which may require more gifts from other donors, Eli Broad said at a press conference following a series of speeches that included Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick '78, University President Drew G. Faust, and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Plans for the management of the funds have not yet been finalized...