Bringing the MIT innovation spirit to China
The new MIT Greater China Fund for Innovation awards its first research grants.
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Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
Omar Khalidi, longtime MIT research librarian, dies at age 57
He worked at the MIT Libraries from 1983 until recently.
Food and Water
Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.
MIT Sloan student forms LGBT India Foundation
Aims to spark national conversation about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard Scholars
Program brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.
Power to the people
Entrepreneurs at MIT’s Legatum Center are trying to bring clean-energy solutions to developing countries.
Bringing innovation to the world
MIT’s Deshpande Center helps technologies bridge the gap between the lab and the marketplace. The Obama administration likes what it sees.
3 Questions: George Shultz on nuclear disarmament
The former secretary of state (and former MIT professor) discusses his ongoing campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
In Profile: James Wescoat
From India to California, an MIT landscape architect and geographer has charted a new course in the study of water.
Two winning proposals for sustainable construction
Students receive High Commendation from the Holcim Foundation.
A link between air travel and deaths on the ground
Study suggests pollution from airplanes flying at ‘cruise’ altitudes contributes to 8,000 deaths per year globally.
In the World: Health care in the palm of a hand
MIT-led student team develops mobile-device software to help improve health-care accessibility in remote regions.