MISTI Global Teaching Labs launches pilot program in Armenia
Five MIT students travel abroad to support and empower young technology entrepreneurs.
Study: Persian Gulf could experience deadly heat
Detailed climate simulation shows a threshold of survivability could be crossed without mitigation measures.
Facing the global refugee crisis
At MIT event, scholars and relief workers warn current problems could be “the tip of the iceberg.”
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.
On the importance of academic international engagements: An interview with Fred Moavenzadeh
MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations.
Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
Political scientist Fotini Christia receives Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Program fosters humanistic/social science research to solve complex issues.
Supporting Saudi Arabian female scientists and engineers
The Ibn Khaldun Fellowship program allows Saudi Arabian women with PhDs to conduct research with MIT faculty.
The unknowns surrounding Syria
At MIT, foreign-policy experts discuss the complications of another potential military intervention in the Middle East.
3 Questions: Christopher Capozzola on the history of chemical-weapons bans
MIT historian discusses the longstanding ‘taboo’ against chemical weapons, and international attempts to eliminate them.
MEET builds ties, fosters innovation in the Middle East
Middle East Education through Technology program brings together Israeli and Palestinian youths with a shared passion for technology and entrepreneurship
MIT music documentary pays tribute to the Arab Spring
WGBH Boston/Channel 2 airs 'Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music'
Policy matters in the Middle East
PhD student Brian Haggerty's work becomes part of foreign policy debate on Syria