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Digging out from piles of sticky notes Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST In an attempt to better organize scraps of information, a team of MIT computer scientists has developed several software programs that allow users to easily enter, store and retrieve all kinds of information, from e-mail addresses to a list of restaurants you've visited.

Former Dean for Student Affairs Daniel Nyhart, 77 Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Former Dean for Student Affairs John Daniel Nyhart, who helped build community ties at MIT during a time of great unrest on American college campuses, died on Dec. 6 of pneumonia contracted as a result of Lewy Body dementia. He was 77.

Live close, live affordable Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST 34 affordable-housing rental units are now available for income-eligible households -- including MIT employees -- at 285 Third Street, which is part of a two-building complex envisioned as a university residential area.

Awards and Honors Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Recent achievements by members of the MIT community

Dimmest star-like objects discovered Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST The two faintest star-like objects ever found, a pair of twin "brown dwarfs" each just a millionth as bright as the sun, have been spotted by a team led by MIT physicist Adam Burgasser.

Team sheds light on Alzheimer's mystery Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST In work that could lead to new drugs to target Alzheimer's disease, MIT researchers and colleagues have shed light on one of the molecular mysteries surrounding this common form of dementia.

Finding better materials for solar cells Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Research by MIT scientists and students could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar cells, either by incorporating materials that are so abundant that they could support a major boom in the industry or by cutting production costs for conventional solar cells.

New detector will aid dark matter search Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious "dark matter" beleived to dominate the universe's mass. A new detector built by MIT physicist Jocelyn Monroe and her students finished its initial testing last week.

Honeybee dances and stock market swings Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST What do dancing honeybees and stock markets have in common? At first glance, not much. An MIT graduate student has developed a methodology for automatically constructing computer models that can accurately describe the behavior of such complex systems.

SFS launches search for new executive directo Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Dean for Undergraduate Education Daniel Hastings has announced a national search for a new executive director of Student Financial Services (SFS).

Sasisekharan named new HST director at MIT Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Vice President for Research and Associate Provost Claude Canizares today announced the appointment of Ram Sasisekharan as the new director of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology at MIT.

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