Bringing safe surgery to patients everywhere
The MIT D-Lab-supported startup SurgiBox has developed a portable kit that doctors can use to create sterile operating environments where they’re needed most.
Podcast: Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 2 — Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people
President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.
Learner in Afghanistan reaches beyond barriers to pursue career in data science
MIT ReACT and Innovation Leadership Bootcamp provide valuable opportunities.
Vaccine printer could help vaccines reach more people
The printer generates vaccine-filled microneedle patches that can be stored long-term at room temperature and applied to the skin.
MIT PhD students honored for their work to solve critical issues in water and food
Gokul Sampath and Jie Yun have been named 2023-24 J-WAFS Fellows.
Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope
MIT D-Lab workshops equip refugees in Greece and elsewhere with the skills and confidence to solve problems in their communities.
Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels
Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help.
Designing for better lives
Flavio Emilio Vila Skrzypek, a graduate student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, wants to design cities without inequities.
Microparticles could help prevent vitamin A deficiency
Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.
Machinery of the state
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
MIT PhD students shed light on important water and food research
J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.
Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises
MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.
Urbanization: No fast lane to transformation
Associate Professor Noah Nathan is generating a body of scholarship on the political impacts of urbanization throughout the global South.
MIT student club Engineers Without Borders works with local village in Tanzania
Skills learned in the classroom are applied toward health and sanitation projects.
Professor Emeritus Richard “Dick” Eckaus, who specialized in development economics, dies at 96
Deeply respected advisor, educator, mentor, and former department head was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty.