- Caregiver's Handbook
Amid greater life expectancy and uncertainty over social security, care for the elderly is an increasing strain on U.S. families. A PBS documentary, “Caring for Your Parents,” draws upon the MIT Workplace Center's Family Caregiver Handbook in helping families navigate the challenges of elder care. More >>



Deborah Ancona, faculty director of the MIT Leadership Center, and MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer William Isaacs say structural balance is vital to the success of teams. Their “Four-player model” asserts that, applied appropriately and in the proper sequence, four core acts — Move, Follow, Oppose, and Bystand — are the building blocks of an effective team.
I'm sitting on a park bench in the middle of campus eating a burrito with a few classmates when a guy next to us starts spinning around frantically with a mysterious device in his hand. I roll my eyes and quip, "Only at MIT." We eat our lunch, and as I toss my garbage into a trash can that is doubling as a table for the fascinating gizmo. My curiosity prevails, "What is that??" Photo courtesy of Nadeem Mazen They explain that the device is a stationary wind energy generator, an alternative to a wind turbine. It extracts energy from ... 