3 Questions: Historian Caley Horan on the rise of private insurance in the U.S.
Assistant professor explores how risk sharing and mutual aid shifted to individual forms of protection.
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How many taxis does a city need?
New dispatching approach could cut the number of cars on the road while meeting rider demand.
Seven from MIT named National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellows
Fellowships last for up to three years, covering full tuition and mandatory fees.
National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors for 2018
Finkelstein, Kardar, Wen, and Zhang honored for research achievements.
Plan a wedding, save a farm
Sam McElhinney MBA '17 found a way to help New England small farms, family estates, and orchards by creating a system that enables them to host events easily.
With buildings and infrastructure, it pays to take a life-cycle perspective
Concrete Sustainability Hub research shows life-cycle thinking has long-term environmental and economic payoffs.
How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy?
Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.
Ouch: Study reveals financial pain after hospitalization
Serious medical problems reduce earnings, hurt employment, and increase debt.
Coding, thinking, sharing, building
More than 130 MIT juniors and seniors dig deeply into research in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Program (SuperUROP).
From undisciplined to interdisciplinary
Math professor Philippe Rigollet, once a “not very disciplined” student, moves between computer science and statistics.
Pioneering a health care innovation ecosystem to better serve patients
NEWDIGS Initiative at MIT leads multi-stakeholder collaboration to design and pilot a sustainable, patient-centered innovation ecosystem for a target disease.
How privacy policies affect genetic testing
Study: State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested.
Martin Rein, former professor of urban studies and planning, dies at 89
Expert in social policy and social reform, especially the welfare state and retirement policy, was a longtime MIT professor.
STEX25 strengthens collaboration between startups and industry
MIT Startup Exchange accelerator puts focus on establishing profitable business connections.
Nuclear and present danger
MIT security experts discuss how to lower tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.