MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab to launch research center at American University in Cairo
J-PAL research center will focus on evidence-based policy-making to reduce poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Learners today, leaders tomorrow
MITx MicroMasters Program credential holders leverage MIT-caliber education to move their industries to the cutting edge.
Tunney Lee, professor emeritus of urban planning, dies at 88
An architect and urban planner, Lee’s impact is evident throughout Boston and the city’s Chinatown, his childhood home.
MIT Libraries staff honored with 2020 Infinite Mile Awards
Staff members recognized for creating community, upholding values, and responding heroically to the Covid-19 pandemic.
MIT announces plans for fall 2020 semester
Extensive safety protocols will undergird the return of additional students and staff to campus.
Twelve MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2020-2021
Honor recognizes faculty mentors who devote true attention to students’ well-being.
![“If in the 1980s you asked people what would the [mobility] system look like 20 years in the future, they would say it would probably be the same,” Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao says. “Now, really nobody knows what it will it look like.”](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/202006/MIT-Zhao-Jinhua-01.jpg?itok=w-AkMTOr)
What moves people?
Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral science to urban transportation.
Town halls let students “Solve for Fall”
Student representatives, heads of house, and other MIT leaders came together to answer students’ questions and discuss a safe, gradual return to campus life.
In online vigil, MIT community shares grief, anger, and hope
“If you say you care about the injustice in this nation and in this world, you have a role to play,” said Associate Dean DiOnetta Jones Crayton.
Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor
Technique paves the way for more energy efficient, 3D microprocessors.
Solve at MIT builds partnerships to tackle complex challenges during Covid-19 crisis
Event convened attendees from around the world to discuss impacts of the pandemic and advance solutions to pressing global problems.
Achieving advisory equilibrium
Professors Paola Cappellaro, Warren Seering, and Lily Tsai honored as “Committed to Caring.”
Daniel Kemp, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 83
Organic chemist and MIT professor for over 40 years was “a sui generis Renaissance man.”