Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.
3Q: Fotini Christia and Ali Jadbabaie on researching the dynamics of sociopolitcal change
MIT faculty discuss how a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration helps us understand the mechanics of social and political change.
Harnessing the power of citizens
PhD student Lily Bui works with communities around the world to gather data from the bottom up.
MIT-Portugal and me
Hands-on internships are helping students broadens academic, professional, and personal horizons.
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize
Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.
Provider, improve thyself
Study shows unlicensed health care practitioners in India improve with modest training.
Bruno Perreau named to the French Academic Palms
Humanities scholar honored with France's highest distinction for academics.
Changing the face of conservatism in the U.S.
New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”
From engineer to urban planner
Grad student Billy Ndengeyingoma helps improve affordable-housing design in Africa.
Lourdes Melgar SM '88, PhD '92 named a Wilhelm Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies
Mexico's former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons will write on Mexican energy reform and research women’s roles in political and social transformation.
How is MIT making the world better through MISTI?
Winners of MISTI’s annual video contest announced.
