Apekshya Prasai: Up in arms
New research shows how female activists resist patriarchy on the battlefield and beyond.
New research shows how female activists resist patriarchy on the battlefield and beyond.
Labs in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia will be led by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel.
For Rani Ukhengching Marma from Bangladesh, protecting the Indigenous language also means preserving her culture, traditional knowledge, and generational wisdom.
Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.
One of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges flagship projects, the Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project will pilot in Bangladesh and Sudan to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Richard J. Samuels steps down as director; Evan Lieberman is named his successor.
A campus summit with the leader and his delegation centered around dialogue on biotechnology and innovation ecosystems.
MIT Global Languages lecturer is making learning Chinese characters meaningful and relevant to students’ life experiences.
Students develop entrepreneurial mindsets and cultural competency in a startup boot camp.
Replacing rice-bag delivery with digital card vouchers helps recipients get their intended supplies, researchers report.
Showcased in a new exhibit, student research explores the long history of South Asians at the Institute.
A contemporary reinterpretation of an 18th century ballet reveals the fragility of orientalist fantasies.
MIT students team up with Hong Kong students and companies to explore emerging opportunities in fintech.
CassVita, founded by an MIT alumnus, has created a biotechnology to increase the shelf life of cassava, a nutritious but perishable root vegetable.
“In Search of Bengali Harlem,” a new film co-created by Professor Vivek Bald, salutes South Asians who carved out new lives in the US, against the odds.