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Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan (left), former Mexican Ambassador to the US (2007-2013), and Lourdes Melgar, CIS Wilhelm Fellow and Mexico's former Deputy Secretary of Energy for hydrocarbons.

The U.S. and Mexico: What’s the way forward?

MIT event offers look at how U.S.-Mexico relations could revive.

May 15, 2017

His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, left, meets MIT professor of physics Max Tegmark, right, during the king’s visit to MIT on Friday, May 5. The Stockholm-born Tegmark conducted an exchange of gifts with the Swedish delegation, which included multiple books by MIT faculty and about MIT.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visits MIT

Swedish delegation tours Institute, participates in dialogue on innovation.

May 8, 2017

MIT researchers have found that Medicaid recipients are 20 percent more likely to wait more than 20 minutes to begin a scheduled appointment, compared to privately insured patients.

Testing their patients

Medicaid patients wait longer to see doctors, study finds.

May 1, 2017

Hiromu Nagahara and his new book, “Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan’s Pop Era and Its Discontents,” published by Harvard University Press

Big in Japan

Historian’s new book explores pop music and the transformation of Japanese society.

April 27, 2017

Left to right: Rich Nielsen, Charles Stewart, and Daron Acemoglu

Three MIT scholars awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowships

Nielsen, Stewart, and Acemoglu receive high-profile grants for research.

April 26, 2017

The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (left), meets MIT President L. Rafael Reif (right), on Friday, April 7, at MIT. Sooroojdev Phokeer, the Mauritius ambassador to the U.S., stands in the background (center).

President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim visits MIT

A trained scientist, Gurib-Fakim discusses ways of strengthening ties with Institute.

April 10, 2017

The extent to which a child learns grammar by listening appears to change over time, with a large increase occurring around age 2 and a leveling off taking place in subsequent years, according to a new study.

Articles of faith

A new study of the words “a” and “the” sheds light on language acquisition.

April 6, 2017

In a March 31 talk at MIT, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders discussed his experiences as a presidential candidate and his thoughts about the political process.

Bern notice

In MIT speech, Bernie Sanders contends future of U.S. politics “must be” progressive.

April 3, 2017

“Beautiful, unusual objects that were made hundreds of years ago allow us a different point of access into the past,” says MIT professor Kristel Smentek.

The art of the dealers

MIT’s Kristel Smentek studies art, collectors, and commerce in new ways.

April 2, 2017

In a study of 365,000 NIH grants — nearly every NIH grant awarded for 27 years — researchers found that 31 percent produce articles that are later cited by patents in the biomedical sector.

Study: NIH funding generates large numbers of private-sector patents

New research shows large spillover from the lab to commercial activity.

March 30, 2017

$“We have a fractured society,” says MIT professor Peter Temin. “The middle class is vanishing.” His new book, “The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy,” is being published this month by MIT Press.$

America’s two-track economy

Economist’s new book examines decline of the nation’s middle class.

March 13, 2017

MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa’s new book — “Agreement Beyond Phi,” out today from the MIT Press — explores the unexpected structural similarities among languages.

Global agreements

In new book, MIT linguist expands the horizons of language analysis.

March 10, 2017

“I’m really loving MIT so far,” MIT philosophy Associate Professor Tamar Schapiro says. “The philosophy department here has a reputation as being the friendliest in the country, and it’s really true. People enjoy it, and that creates a virtuous cycle.”

“What we’re doing when we try to live our lives well”

Philosopher Tamar Schapiro studies how we blend reason and emotion while refining our adult selves.

March 9, 2017

The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference — SSAC for short — drew over 3,500 attendees to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, on March 3 and 4.

Get your head in the game

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference rolls on, showcasing more data and greater impact.

March 6, 2017

Researchers tracked tens of thousands of taxis in New York, San Francisco, Singapore, and Vienna and found that over 90 percent of rides that are more than 5 minutes in duration could be fairly easily shared.

Sharing the fares

Very different cities have similar potential for ride sharing, study finds.