Why urban planners should pay attention to restaurant-review sites Study finds online restaurant information can closely predict key neighborhood indicators, in lieu of other data. July 15, 2019 Read full story →
World-class diagnostics for low-income communities in sub-Saharan Africa MDaaS Global works to transform health care in Africa by bringing high-end medical diagnostics to low-income communities. July 11, 2019 Read full story →
David Singer named head of the Department of Political Science Singer is a scholar of international political economy, a subfield of political science focused on international economic relations. July 9, 2019 Read full story →
Drag-and-drop data analytics System lets nonspecialists use machine-learning models to make predictions for medical research, sales, and more. June 27, 2019 Read full story →
Smart workout apparel, “Vegetable Assassins,” and inspiration from medieval music In a popular EECS class, student teams design, program, build, and demonstrate their own cloud-connected, handheld, or wearable embedded systems. June 25, 2019 Read full story →
Want to learn how to train an artificial intelligence model? Ask a friend. MIT Machine Intelligence Community introduces students to nuts and bolts of machine learning. June 25, 2019 Read full story →
A data scientist dedicated to social change MBAn student Mason Grimshaw seeks to bring business solutions to overlooked communities. June 22, 2019 Read full story →
3 Questions: An experiment illuminates the value of public transportation Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit. June 19, 2019 Read full story →
A platform for Africa’s mobile innovators Africa’s Talking gives entrepreneurs on the continent an easy way to add voice- and text-based functions to their solutions. June 10, 2019 Read full story →
UPOP’s new career peer-mentoring program reaches for the STARS Seniors take part in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program student leader program, building community and bringing peer career advising to sophomores. June 10, 2019 Read full story →
Communities in the cloud PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist. June 5, 2019 Read full story →
CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT Speakers — all women — discuss everything from gravitational waves to robot nurses. May 31, 2019 Read full story →
Plotting new paths to a nuclear “yes” Nuclear science and engineering alumna Mareena Robinson Snowden PhD '17 devises new solutions for problems of arms control and proliferation. May 28, 2019 Read full story →
Biotech startup uses nanoparticles to induce immune tolerance Selecta Bioscience’s ImmTOR platform could improve gene therapies and prevent some drug side effects. May 23, 2019 Read full story →
Developing artificial intelligence tools for all MIT Quest for Intelligence-sponsored undergraduate research projects demystify AI. May 23, 2019 Read full story →