Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.
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Harnessing the power of citizens
PhD student Lily Bui works with communities around the world to gather data from the bottom up.
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
Rewarding Boston’s safest driver
Mayor Martin Walsh announces a competition aimed at improving Boston driving with an app developed by an MIT spinout.
D-Lab appoints Bob Nanes to new position of executive director
Nanes brings to D-Lab 30 years of experience on four continents in technology, innovation, supply chains, and microfinance.
Fighting ALS with mind, hand, and heart
With support from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, an MIT spinoff is creating assistive technology for people with ALS.
MIT sells $500 million in taxable century bonds
Proceeds will support long-term campus renewal and development under the MIT 2030 framework.
Assessing health impacts of policies and plans
New class offers urban planners tools to explore the intersection of city planning and public health.
How political science can help us solve global health care issues
MIT political scientist Andrea Campbell discusses the impact of equity on health care innovation and outcomes.
Supporting clinical research with an intensive-care database
Crowdsourcing clinical data from some 40,000 patients could vastly improve research and critical-care decisions.
MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members
Term members will each serve five years on MIT’s board of trustees.
Thirteen MIT students awarded National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
Honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.
App that provides “nutrition receipts” for groceries wins IDEAS Global Challenge
Twelve teams competing in social-entrepreneurship competition split $97,500 in cash prizes.
Chancellor announces changes to undergraduate withdrawal and readmission policies
Enhancements aim to make processes clearer, easier to navigate, and more supportive.