$25 million gift launches ambitious new effort tackling poverty and climate change
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
J-PAL research center will focus on evidence-based policy-making to reduce poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
MIT Department of Economics establishes new professorship honoring Institute professor and Nobel laureate.
MITx MicroMasters Program credential holders leverage MIT-caliber education to move their industries to the cutting edge.
Five-day offering provided nearly 2,000 participants with an introduction to the design and use of randomized evaluations to test the effectiveness social programs.
Study shows cities have stopped providing middle-class work in recent decades — especially for Black and Latino workers.
Honor recognizes faculty mentors who devote true attention to students’ well-being.
“Quantitative easing” program let households spend more during the last recession. Could it work again?
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.
In light of Covid-19, an MIT study looks at tradeoffs between economic value and public health, across different types of retail.
Ranked at the top for the ninth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Leveraging unique undergraduate opportunities, new MIT political science alumni pursue bright prospects.
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
Emojis, grandmas logging in, and kudos from strangers: How MIT students have finished their PhDs during the pandemic.
The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is funding 10 research projects aimed at addressing the health and economic consequences of the pandemic.