MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative
New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.
3Q: Thomas Levenson on the hunt for Vulcan, the missing planet
New book details the scientific search for a planet — before Albert Einstein halted the quest.
Empowering students in Sri Lanka to form mobile-app startups
MIT Global Startup Labs program leads to student-founded startups 4Axis Solutions and PayMedia.
Grad students honor caring faculty through Committed to Caring (C2C) Awards
Celebration of “above and beyond” support enters second year.
$1 million gift launches Distinguished Arts Program at MIT
Gift from philanthropist and entrepreneur Dasha Zhukova will support the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology.
Institute Professor John Harbison awarded György Kepes Fellowship Prize
Prize honors the distinguished career of a highly accomplished composer and professor of music at MIT.
Facing the global refugee crisis
At MIT event, scholars and relief workers warn current problems could be “the tip of the iceberg.”
Book explores the "Musical Institute of Technology"
Collection of photographs and quotes from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences celebrates music and the MIT mission.
Making banking effective for the poor
In India, PhD student Natalia Rigol aims to tap into community knowledge to vet loan and grant applicants.
Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people
MIT hosts national ScienceWriters2015 conference.
From screen to stage
MIT’s Jay Scheib and Keeril Makan turn the famous film “Persona” into a new opera.
Charif Kiwan, representing Syrian film collective, to speak at MIT
Kiwan to discuss Abounaddara, an anonymous collective of volunteer, self-taught artists who create with the principle of emergency and an attitude of defiance.
MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.