MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM education
Initiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.
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China and Japan remain miles apart on uninhabited isles
At MIT event, diplomats and scholars reinforce high stakes, lack of progress on Asian territorial dispute.
Building the new New Orleans, block by block
MIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.
Commerce’s call to action
In MIT talk, head of U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlines business-oriented policy agenda.
Deep in the field
Book details how economist Robert Townsend has spent two decades in rural Thailand, exploring the links between household finances and economic growth.
3Q: Jeffrey Ravel on the French past and our future
With MIT hosting a global French history conference, a look at the international growth of — and changes in — the field.
Building a better big box
MIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.
Helping students master data
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
Sizing up Japan, after the disaster
MIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.
Sports analytics: a real game-changer
2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference underscores how statistics keep changing the way sports are played — and changing minds in the industry.
Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political pundits
In MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.
How numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference brings professionals and statistics-savvy fans together to study the games people play.
New insight into how people choose insurance plans
Study: Consumers avoid high-deductible plans if they expect to reduce their use of medical care.
MIT report identifies keys to new American innovation
From ‘Main Street’ firms to multinationals, improvements possible in funding of research, collaboration among manufacturers.