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...with Harvard Student Agencies and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH) to establish the challenge. Segal said it is the College’s first large-scale business and innovation competition. Segal said that I^3 places Harvard on par with other renowned business plan competitions including MIT??s 100K Entrepreneurship Competition and the Harvard Business School’s Business Plan Contest. What distinguishes I^3, Segal said, is its undergraduate and multi-track focus. Students from a variety of concentrations and interests are encouraged to compete for cash grants worth...
...catastrophe forecast by climate researchers.Though most Americans are too distracted to notice the urgency of global climate change, the few people who have managed to stay focused are coming up with good ideas. From titans of modern business such as Google, to innovative energy producers, to techie projects like MIT??s Vehicle Design Summit, visionaries are beginning to lay the groundwork for huge leaps forward in energy generation and energy efficiency. These technologies have the potential to overcome America’s frustrating inertia on environmental issues, fueling consumer excitement and easing the transition to a cleaner American...
...pilot Philip Greenspun explained as the helicopter circled the John Hancock Tower, “so it’s natural to experience some turbulence.” Since he obtained his pilot’s licence in 2001, Greenspun—a computer science affiliate at MIT??said he has logged over 2,000 hours of flight time including a flight from Los Angeles to Alaska. The rotors of the helicopter stirred up clouds of snow as it landed on the fields of the Gordon Track and Tennis Center. During the flight, contact was maintained with...
...Interphase, MIT??s orientation program, brings together about 70 students the summer before freshman year for a head start on physics, writing, and calculus, says Karina I. Vielma, the dean of MIT??s Office of Minority Education...
...antithesis of what I thought I’d see at the Business School,” Leahy said. “He is one of the best people I’ve ever met in my life.” Leahy also said that Thain, a graduate of MIT??s electrical engineering program, was mostly known for his intellect. “I’ve seen no one with the quality of the mind better than John’s,” Leahy said. “He’s a trained engineer, very...