3 Questions: The price of privacy in ride-sharing app performance
JTL Urban Mobility Lab researchers examine the effects of protecting user data privacy on the efficiency and service quality of ride-sharing applications.
Comparing the benefits of scooter-sharing vs. bike-sharing
Studying usage in Singapore, MIT and SMART researchers find scooter rentals allow for increased sharing frequency and fewer vehicles needed.
MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 115 students from the Class of 2020
Remarkably large cohort of graduating seniors honored for excellence in the liberal arts.
Revamped MIT Climate Portal aims to inform and empower the public
Website hosts an expanded suite of digital tools and resources to help people make sense of climate change.
3 Questions: Nancy Hopkins on improving gender equality in academia
Molecular biologist and professor emerita advocates for more inclusive science and advises how to get there.
New website features podcasts from around MIT
Learners worldwide can explore the Institute's audio landscape, in one convenient place.
National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator awards two grants to MIT
Funding will support workshops to advance research, development, and translation in emerging areas of socioresilient and sustainable infrastructure, and in ocean environments.
Building 14 courtyard to undergo renovation
Revitalized outdoor space to be redesigned along with Hayden Library.
3Q: Fighting racism in the nuclear community
MIT’s Katlyn Turner and four other nuclear scientists issue a call for antiracist actions within their profession.
A legacy of curiosity in the name of Hugh Hampton Young
Eight 2020 graduate fellows pursue diverse paths.
3 Questions: Frank Levy and Arshia Mehta on warehousing and trucking in response to Covid-19
Work of the Future research brief looks at changes in two supply-chain industries in the wake of the pandemic.
Winners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations
Thirty-one MIT instructors honored for digital teaching excellence in extraordinary circumstances.
MIT Media Lab charts a course for the future
The high-profile research lab is retaining its unique form of creativity while building trust and inclusion.
Sarah Williams: Applying a data-driven approach to help cities function
“We hear big data is going to change the world, but I don’t believe it will unless we synthesize it into tools with a public benefit,” she says.
Anti-racism in technology and policy design
Media Lab researcher Kate Turner explores how critical race theory can influence science — and how science can inform policy — as an IDSS Research to Policy Engagement Initiative Fellow.