Topic
Politics
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Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political pundits
In MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.
March 1, 2013 -
Zuber addresses potential impact of federal sequestration on MIT research
In a letter to principal investigators and researchers, MIT's vice president for research outlines the possible impact here.
February 28, 2013 -
3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 states
A new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.
February 6, 2013 -
Lawmakers focus on MIT fusion research
Three Congressmen visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center last week.
February 5, 2013 -
Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitable
Chief executive officer of Bloomberg New Energy Finance says clean energy will eventually be the norm.
January 17, 2013 -
The right’s resistance to regulation
Book details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.
January 16, 2013 -
The health-insurance markets of the (very near) future
Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.
January 2, 2013 -
Said and Done for November/December 2012
Digest of humanities, arts and social sciences
November 29, 2012 -
Devin Caughey: Straddling the divide between qualitative and quantitative eras of political science
November 5, 2012 -
MIT Libraries’ research contributes to award-winning redistricting software, DistrictBuilder
Web-based resource gives citizens the opportunity to participate in the redistricting process.
November 5, 2012 -
How Jonathan Gruber became ‘Mr. Mandate’
An MIT economist’s path to the center of health-care policymaking in Washington.
October 29, 2012 -
F. Daniel Hidalgo: it’s electric
The influence of electronic ballots on democracy in the developing world
October 24, 2012 -
The state of the U.S. election system
New report from MIT and Caltech notes gains in voting-machine technologies, but warns they could be cancelled out by errors introduced through mail and Internet voting.
October 18, 2012 -
Christopher Warshaw: Mapping a Democracy
October 16, 2012 -
3 Questions: Charles Stewart sizes up the 2012 election
MIT political scientist and voting expert weighs in on the state of the presidential campaign, the shifting demographics of America, and the tossup U.S. Senate races.
October 12, 2012 -
Presidential campaigns offer energetic energy debate at MIT
Representatives of Obama, Romney camps lay out differences in crucial policy domains of energy and the environment.
October 9, 2012 -
Working for her country
September 25, 2012 -
Said and Done for September 2012
Digest of MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences.
September 17, 2012 -
Sarah Stewart Johnson, EAPS PhD, gives rein to curiosity
Alumna envisions combining academia with public policy
September 4, 2012 -
Understanding gambling addiction
For machine gamblers, it’s not whether they win or lose — it’s how much they play the game.
September 4, 2012