Asia

Higher coal use in Asia could increase water stress

Aerosol emissions would slow warming but suppress rainfall.

April 28, 2016

“For China, it looks like industrial growth [has the greatest impact on water shortages] as people get wealthier,” Charles Fant says. “In India, population growth has a huge effect. It varies by region.”

Water problems in Asia’s future?

Study finds high risk of severe water stress in Asia by 2050.

March 30, 2016

Deputy Director Enoh T. Ebong welcomes a delegation of high-level Philippine Government officials at USTDA's headquarters.

Philippine USTDA delegates visit MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Delegates from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency's Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about innovative life cycle cost analysis models.

March 8, 2016

MIT grad student Alison Hoyt studies the carbon cycle of Borneo’s tropical peat swamp forests.

Stories from the swamp

Graduate student Alison Hoyt gets knee deep in the exploration of carbon cycling in the peat swamp forests of Borneo.

February 26, 2016

MIT Professional Education launches its first program in Taiwan

Course led by two from the Media Lab focused on improving the livability of cities while dramatically reducing resource consumption.

February 16, 2016

Members of the GTL Armenia pilot program pose in Republic Square: (l-r) Jessica Maghakian, Narek Dshkhunyan, Daniel Corney, Armen Samurkashian, Yara Azouni and Edgar Minasyan.

MISTI Global Teaching Labs launches pilot program in Armenia

Five MIT students travel abroad to support and empower young technology entrepreneurs.

November 23, 2015

MIT President L. Rafael Reif (left) and Gantumur Luvsannyam, the Mongolian minister for education, culture, and science, signed an agreement for a new pilot program between MIT and Mongolia. The partnership includes multiple activities planned for the upcoming year, for faculty and professionals as well as students and youth.

MIT launches pilot program with Mongolia

Initiatives will focus on entrepreneurship, pedagogy, and urban planning.

November 20, 2015

MIT announces “Innovation Node” in Hong Kong

Collaborative space will give students and faculty access to unique resources to accelerate innovation.

November 9, 2015

4Axis Solutions co-founders Minsara Madhawa, Dumindu Kanankage, Kapilan Karunananthan and Anuruddha Alwis

Empowering students in Sri Lanka to form mobile-app startups

MIT Global Startup Labs program leads to student-founded startups 4Axis Solutions and PayMedia.

October 30, 2015

MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal

MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.

October 8, 2015

Understanding economic behavior through hygiene

PhD student Reshmaan Hussam’s study of Bangladeshis’ economic behavior leads to research on hand-washing.

July 23, 2015

Gabriel Ravel '17 poses with Bloom Nepal students in December 2014.

Help rebuild an MIT-inspired school destroyed by Nepal’s earthquakes

The Bloom Nepal School, founded on MIT's "mens-et-manus" ethos, was destroyed by the Nepal earthquakes. Learn how you can help the school rebuild.

June 12, 2015

Explosive ordnance technicians work with 3-D printed models to learn how different unexploded shells and land mines work.

Defusing bombs by color

Professor J. Kim Vandiver uses 3-D printing to help in explosives disposal in Cambodia.

May 21, 2015

Simanta Gautam and Vardaan Gurung of the Nepali Students’ Association at MIT

Students raise donations and awareness after Nepal earthquake

The Nepali Students Association at MIT has raised more than $26,000 to support relief for last month's earthquake in Nepal.

May 6, 2015

MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt (left) greets Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying of Hong Kong visits MIT

University-driven innovation a key focus of Institute meeting.