MIT News Newsletter

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
November 2, 2016
MIT News: around campus
A weekly digest of the Institute’s community news

Susan Lindquist, pioneering biologist and former director of Whitehead Institute, dies at 67

Biology professor and mentor to many investigated protein folding and its role in disease.

Revving up The Engine for global change

“At MIT, it is our duty to bring transformative innovation to the world,” President Reif said at launch event for new enterprise.

MIT in the Bay Area

Rooted in MIT, startup Multiply Labs springs into Silicon Valley with printed, personalized pills.

Robert Langer reflects on failure, resilience, and making an impact

Institute Professor and world-renowned engineer shares his experiences as an MIT grad student as part of the “Failures in Graduate School” series.

Scene at MIT: A nightmare on Ames Street

In the Media

Prof. Susan Lindquist, a former director of the Whitehead Institute known for her “conceptually daring work with yeast proteins,” died on Oct. 27, writes William Grimes for The New York Times. Her research “demonstrated that protein-folding errors occurred in all species and that biological changes could be passed from one generation to the next through proteins alone.”

Barbara Fister writes for Inside Higher Ed about the task force report examining the future of MIT’s libraries. “The library it envisions is so much more than information rented annually for the use of a single community. It’s a place that values its local community and provides a physical space in which to learn and ask questions.”

Prof. Antoinette Schoar writes for The Wall Street Journal about her research examining the quality of advice financial advisors provide to their clients. Schoar writes that her research has shown that “holding financial advisers to higher fiduciary standards is not only good consumer financial protection but is also good market economics.”