A musician-turned-anthropologist studies venture capitalism in China
Whether learning about new music or a new culture, PhD student Jamie Wong takes a similar approach: Seek out the experts, then “try to play along and keep up.”
MIT announces 2022 Bose grants for ambitious ideas
Tenth anniversary of the program rewards three innovative projects.
Living Climate Futures initiative showcases holistic approach to the climate crisis
Natural world philosophies are a source of solutions.
MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards
Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
Amy Moran-Thomas receives the Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award
The MIT anthropologist is recognized for interdisciplinary work on health, climate, and equity.
MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program awards third annual seed grants
The NCSOFT-sponsored program will advance cutting-edge technologies for gaming and data visualization.
Q&A: Bettina Stoetzer on envisioning a livable future
MIT anthropologist discusses her new book on ruderal ecologies, her environmental justice class — and how societies can expand their "imagination for how to live otherwise."
Illuminating the history and global story of antibiotics
HASTS PhD student Rijul Kochhar tracks changing medical and microbial realities, and examines what they portend for society.
MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices
New initiative extends the press’ commitment to publishing books by historically underrepresented authors through direct financial support.
3 Questions: An anthropologist and a filmmaker on working-class lives in Chicago
A storytelling project by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel explores the social impacts of late 20th century deindustrialization.
Searching for multiplicity, in computer science and daily life
PhD student Rodrigo Ochigame designs alternative search engines and seeks to disrupt cultural assumptions in their teaching and research.
3 Questions: David Kaiser and Julie Shah on social and ethical responsibilities of computing
Advancing the study and practice of thinking responsibly in computing education, research, and implementation.
3Q: The socio-environmental complexities of renewable energy
HASTS PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby aims to advance climate justice by minimizing localized burdens of renewable energy implementation.
3 Questions: Nadia Christidi on the arts and the future of water
The PhD student focuses on three cities and the role of the arts in helping planning institutions to imagine and plan for possible futures.
Keeping humanity central to solving climate change
MIT scholars are helping to solve the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the world’s energy and climate challenges.