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Standing outdoors in front of a large orange structure, a man shows a woman a square, handheld stitching machine.

Q&A: Claire Walsh on how J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises

Since 2020, K-CAI has innovated and tested climate policies in more than 35 countries and supported scale-ups that have reached over 15 million people.

April 17, 2024

A delicate dance

Professor of applied economics Catherine Wolfram balances global energy demands and the pressing need for decarbonization.

March 27, 2024

Five children wearing purple shirts stand against a wall displaying the words “Geodesic Greenhouse.” Two geodesic models are on a table in front of them.

A revolutionary, bold educational endeavor for Belize

Itz’at STEAM Academy, an effort between MIT and the Belize Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology, pushes the boundaries of education through innovative methodologies.

March 26, 2024

A farm vehicle uses a long arm to spray many crops. Inset shows leaves, and the sprayed chemical shows up as bright blue.

Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness

In field tests, MIT spinoff AgZen demonstrated that its feedback-optimized spraying system could halve the pesticide needs of farms and improve crop yields.

March 12, 2024

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Exposure to different kinds of music influences how the brain interprets rhythm

A study of people in 15 countries reveals that while everyone favors rhythms with simple integer ratios, biases can vary quite a bit across societies.

March 4, 2024

Moving past the Iron Age

Graduate student Sydney Johnson looks at how to achieve greener steel.

February 28, 2024

Four Google Street View photos show rice, cassava, sugarcane, and maize fields.

MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field

The team used machine learning to analyze satellite and roadside images of areas where small farms predominate and agricultural data are sparse.

February 15, 2024

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Illustrating India’s complex environmental crises

A CAST Visiting Artist project traces the history of cause and effect that have led India to its current crossroads.

February 7, 2024

Michael John Gorman named MIT Museum director

Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, the museum’s deputy director, will serve as interim director until Gorman takes up his post this summer.

January 11, 2024

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Three MIT students selected as inaugural MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows

The graduate students will aim to commercialize innovations in AI, machine learning, and data science.

December 13, 2023

Wiebke Denecke sits on the floor amongst books and examines a long unfurled scroll with Chinese writing.

3 Questions: Wiebke Denecke on a landmark project for Chinese literature

The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature brings three millennia of classic texts to the world, in bilingual editions.

December 1, 2023

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Five high schoolers awarded MIT OMEGA scholarships for intergenerational efforts

MIT AgeLab annual awards go to high school students who lead or develop intergenerational programs, bringing together younger and older people in their communities.

November 29, 2023

Hundreds of MIT Bootcamps alumni pose in a large atrium, near stairs.

MIT Bootcamps enables aspiring innovators to find solutions that improve the patient experience

Driven by deeply personal experiences, three entrepreneurs find inspiration from MIT to empower patients and change their lives.

November 15, 2023

Grid of 11 headshots of newly tentured SHASS faculty

Meet the 2023 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Faculty members granted tenure in economics; history; literature; music; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society.

November 9, 2023

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A new record for Math Prize for Girls wins

Twelfth grader Jessica Wan three-peats, as MIT hosts the 15th competition for female middle and high school math enthusiasts.

October 30, 2023

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