Making each vote count
MIT PhD candidate Jacob Jaffe uses data science to identify and solve problems in election administration.
Exploring how new technologies are changing finance
MIT students team up with Hong Kong students and companies to explore emerging opportunities in fintech.
MIT welcomes the 2022 incoming graduate students
Graduate Student Council introduces new grad students to MIT with information, community, and interactive activities.
A musician-turned-anthropologist studies venture capitalism in China
Whether learning about new music or a new culture, PhD student Jamie Wong takes a similar approach: Seek out the experts, then “try to play along and keep up.”
Ethics in action
In MIT’s Experiential Ethics summer course, students grapple with real-world ethical decision making, often while interning in the very fields they’re studying.
MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022-23
Undergraduate engineering and computer science programs are No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
Q&A: Cultivating the mind-body connection
Professor Emma Teng teamed up with Lead Wellness Instructor Sarah Johnson to create an entirely new type of class at MIT.
Jung Jae Kwon: Questioning the nuclear umbrella
Dissatisfied with security guarantees from the US, America’s junior allies want greater control over their own defenses.
Forging political alliances through supply chains
International firms sharing production networks lobby together to secure favorable trade conditions.
AI that can learn the patterns of human language
On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.
Tipping the balance between global rivals
John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.
Tech in translation
Paul Roquet examines Japan’s position at the leading edge of global trends in personal technology.
Promoting systemic change in the Middle East, the “MIT way”
In a recent MISTI course, students engaged on collaborative solutions to climate, health care, and economic development in the Middle East.
John Tirman, political theorist and executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies, dies at 72
An expert on US-Iran relations and human security, Tirman was a prolific author and thoughtful colleague and friend.
Fighting poverty with direct cash payments
The alumni-founded GiveDirectly has delivered over $500 million in cash to impoverished people, letting recipients decide how best to meet their needs.