Using data science to improve public policy
MIT Policy Hackathon, run by students within MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, seeks interdisciplinary solutions to societal challenges.
Rock music helps students and educators explore engineering
Playful Learning Lab, founded by AnnMarie Thomas ’01, is collaborating with rock band OK Go to create hands-on PK-12 engineering experiences.
Inaugural class of MIT-GSK Gertrude B. Elion Research Fellows selected
New fellowship program honoring trailblazing Nobel laureate awards four MIT postdocs focused on drug discovery and development.
AFFOA and VMS launch Advanced Fabrics Entrepreneurship Program
Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.
Artificial intelligence in action
At the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, researchers are training computers to recognize dynamic events.
CLIx project receives UNESCO award
The Connected Learning Initiative offers effective, quality education at scale in India.
A new era in fusion research at MIT
MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
Human factors engineering class tackles design for aging
MIT students learn human-centered design skills in a course offered during the 2018 Independent Activities Period.
Making appliances and energy grids more efficient
The Tata Center is building a high-efficiency, affordable electric motor that could have a huge impact in India, home to as many as half a billion ceiling fans.
Collaborating to cut emissions in the property sector
Bangkok-based property developer MQDC is joining the MIT Energy Initiative’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research.
MIT's AIM Photonics Academy looks to expand
Recent Stonehill College meeting puts laser focus on plan to grow and enhance regional integrated photonics education and training.
Over the river and do some good
The Bridge Project collaboration accelerates new, highly original, and powerful approaches to defeating cancer.
MIT researchers collaborate with Lamborghini to develop an electric car of the future
Research from the Dinca and Hart labs, paired with Lamborghini’s “hypercar” concept, will result in the Terzo Millenio, an electric sports car for the third millennium.
Helping Mexico design an effective climate policy
MIT researchers are working with the Mexican government on carbon pricing options to meet the country’s climate goals under the Paris Agreement.
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and Harvard Kennedy School launch collaborative international studies program
New initiative supported by $3.7 million in grants from the Charles Koch Foundation.