Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers
The structure of the desert birds’ belly feathers enables males to carry water over long distances to their chicks.
The structure of the desert birds’ belly feathers enables males to carry water over long distances to their chicks.
The visit featured a public seminar on African governance, as well as meetings with faculty, students, and staff.
The Congo Clothing Company, founded by Milain Fayulu SM ’22, funds job training for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The major invites students to explore the riches of culture, innovation, thought leadership, and beauty that originate in the continent of Africa and its many diasporas.
How Elissa Gibson ’22 connected the dots to form her own unique constellation of MIT experiences.
MIT’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation aim to develop an integrative approach to strengthening and expanding the orthotic and prosthetic sector within the African nation.
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems.
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
Associate Professor Noah Nathan is generating a body of scholarship on the political impacts of urbanization throughout the global South.
“I get the chance to not only watch the future happen, but I can actually be a part of it and create it,” says Ugandan entrepreneur Emmanuel Kasigazi.
Rising junior in Course 6-9 was “brave and compassionate” and strove to lift up others.
Skills learned in the classroom are applied toward health and sanitation projects.
MIT spinoff Takachar converts agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel, and wins Earthshot Prize.
An interdisciplinary team is developing a mobile health platform that uses AI to detect infection in Cesarean section wounds.
Graduate student Jana Saadi works on making the product design process more creative and inclusive.