What Matters Archive

Alumni Insights Spark Debate, Shape World

2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 /2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 /2001

2009

June 2009: My Journey to Engineer the Weather
By Moshe Alamaro ME '99, ENG '99, SM '01

May 2009: Nominate an MIT Object
By Claude W. Brenner '47, SM '48

April 2009: Apply Game Design as a Science for Public Policy to Rescue Economy, Planet
By Morgan McGuire '98, MNG '00

February/March 2009: What is Wrong with Sri Lanka?
By Jegan Vincent de Paul SM '09

December 2008/January 2009: Today's Economic Gridlock Demands Innovation
By Kay Plantes PhD '79

2008

October/November 2008: Simple Is Beautiful—Deploying Technology in the 21st Century
By Sanford Friedman SM '68

August/September 2008: An Overlooked Solution to the Global Energy Crisis
By Gary J. Linford '62

June/July 2008: Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?
By Paul Hochfeld '72, SM '73

April/May 2008: Should the FDA Expand Regulation of Medical Software?
By Janice Hogan '88

February/March 2008: A Manifesto for Tackling Global Warming and Oil Addiction
By Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran '90

December 2007/January 2008: Netting Net Neutrality
By Dan Hesse SM '89

2006

October/November 2006: Consumer VoIP—Plusses, Potholes, and How MIT Alums Are Filling the Gap
By Stacy Swider '89

August/September 2006: Range Voting—The Best Way to Select a Leader?
By Warren D. Smith '84

June/July 2006: Is Religion Good for You?
By Jonathan Gruber '87

April/May 2006: Planning a Stronger City—Ecology, Education, and the Protection of New Orleans
By Tim Campos, Sharlene Leurig MCP '07, Christopher Lyddy MCP '07, and Timothy Terway MCP '07

February/March 2006: Innovation and Its Pitfalls—What the MIT Curriculum Should Address
By Charles A. Homsy '53, ScD '60

December 2005/January 2006: Blogs and Their Impact on Society
By Sramana Mitra SM '95, Robbie Allen SM '06, Chuck Eesley (PhD candidate)

2004

November 2004: Pixel Power—Computing Higher Productivity for Oil
Alex Lightman '83

October 2004: No Technology? No Problem
By Eric Brende SM '92

September 2004: Niche Marketing
By Herb Kavet '58, MO '60

August 2004: Offshoring Conflicts with National Interests
By Michael Sarfatti '76, SM '78

July 2004: The Benefits of Home Schooling
By Wyatt Webb '92

June 2004: Offshoring Is Not a Choice; It's a Reality
By Satwik Seshasai '01, MNG '02, SM '05

April 2004: In Support of Same-Sex Marriage
By William Ramstrom '90, SM '01

March 2004: e-Guideways
By Bruce A. McHenry '83, SM '94, SM '97

February 2004: One Way to Mars
Q&A with Joe Gavin '41, SM '42

January 2004: Kicking the Oil Habit
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran '90

2002

December 2002: From Molecular Beams, to Energy, to Helping Soldiers—A Journey of Learning at MIT
By Bill Peters PhD '72

November 2002: Approval Voting—A Better Way to Select a Winner
By Steven J. Brams '62

October 2002: Engineering Better Housing
By Stephen Stuntz '67

September 2002: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Lessons for September 11
By Paul Spreiregen '54

July/August 2002: Carebots—Home Healthcare of the Future
By Colin Angle '89, SM '91 and Amanda Gruber '86

May 2002: No Excuses—E-Consumers are Educated Consumers
By Bonnie Biafore '76

April 2002: Technology and Entertainment—Making the Hollywood Connection
By Joan Horvath '81

March 2002: IHTFP—Architecture and Community at MIT
By Jay Weber MAR '81

February 2002: Timing is Everything—What's New in Venture Capital
By L. Robert Johnson '63

January 2002: Faces from the Past—The Joys of Genealogy
By Harl Aldrich '47, ScD '51

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