WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts MIT Energy Research Council Report By Delores Handy-Brown Listen to story (Real Audio) Cambridge, MA - May 03, 2006 - Every day, for everyone the energy crunch hits home. Whether it's through rising prices at the petrol pump or warnings of summer blackouts; whether it's because of global concerns over global warming and the safety of energy systems. Such issues, big and small, are on the table at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At a forum Wednesday, the school's Energy Research Council released its recommendations for how MIT can, as its report says, "take on the challenge." The institute's president Susan Hockfield formed the council and has final say over which ideas become reality at MIT. Click the listen link above to hear her conversation with Delores Handy. RELATED LINKS MIT Energy Report (PDF 2.8Mb) MIT Energy Research Forum    From The WBUR Newsroom Trial for Ex-FBI Agent Opens BOSTON (September 08, 2008) WBUR's David Boeri speaks with Bob Oakes about the first-degree murder trial of John Connolly, the former FBI handler of James "Whitey" Bulger already serving 10 years in prison for racketeering. Kennedy Stays Home BOSTON (September 08, 2008) The U.S. Senate returns from its summer recess today, but Senator Edward Kennedy will not be in Washington, instead recuperating from his brain cancer on Cape Cod. Curbing Campus Drinking BOSTON (September 08, 2008) As thousands of new college students settle into Boston, one topic on the minds of administrators is curbing college drinking. Kennedy Will Not Return for Fall Session HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (September 07, 2008) Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) will stay at home as Congress reconvenes for the fall this week. Kennedy's doctors have avised him to work from home.