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Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the day
Data from the Bronx account for people’s daily mobility patterns, reveal demographic disparities in exposure levels.
Mission directors announced for the Climate Project at MIT
The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team.
A home away from a homeland
Erica Caple James’ new book examines the rise and struggles of a community organization helping Haitians settle in Boston.
3 Questions: Catherine D’Ignazio on data science and a quest for justice
In her new book, “Counting Feminicide,” D’Ignazio explores how activists have tabulated the epidemic of gender-based murder in Latin America.
Through econometrics, Isaiah Andrews is making research more robust
“I would like to understand the extent to which we understand things,” the MIT economist says.
Improving working environments amid environmental distress
Namrata Kala’s wide-ranging research shows how climate change and other factors affect companies and their employees.
The unexpected origins of a modern finance tool
Discounting calculations are ubiquitous today — thanks partly to the English clergy who spread them amid turmoil in the 1600s, an MIT scholar shows.
Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 gives new MIT graduates a special assignment
The inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist encourages the Class of 2024 to “accept impossible missions” and “lead with imagination” in uncertain times.
In international relations, it’s the message, not the medium
Research surveys show warnings issued by world leaders are taken equally seriously whether issued on social media or through formal statements.
A modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap
Letting people work with a “navigator” dramatically increases how often they move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
Trying to make the grade
Political scientist Ben Ross Schneider’s new book examines why improving public education has been so difficult in Latin America.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana visits the Legatum Center at MIT
His delegation’s trip to campus included a conference on entrepreneurship and a meeting with Institute President Sally Kornbluth.
Exploring the history of data-driven arguments in public life
William Deringer studies “very old things and very technical things” — that have never been more relevant.
Has remote work changed how people travel in the US?
A new study finds sustained pattern changes — with a lot of regional variation.