MIT SPURS looks to the future of urban technology and policy
As the international program approaches its 60th year, leaders are reshaping its curriculum to address emerging technologies and the policies shaping their use in urban planning.
Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heat
Low-cost personal cooling and emissions-free air conditioning among ideas studied with MIT’s Climate Project seed funding.
How the war in the Middle East is impacting global energy systems
Expect energy disruptions and economic damage, especially in developing countries, and prepare to build a more resilient, sustainable energy system, says International Energy Agency executive director.
How morality and ethics shaped India’s economic development
A book by Associate Professor Jason Jackson explores how policymakers moved past post-colonial India to support its own captains of industry.
Advancing career and academic ambitions with MITx MicroMasters Program in Finance
Financial analyst Satik Movsesyan applies her experiences in the MicroMasters program, led by MIT Open Learning and MIT Sloan, to her life and work in Armenia.
Would you like that coffee with iron?
New microparticles containing iron or iodine could be used to fortify food and beverages, to help fight malnutrition.
A journey of resilience, fueled by learning
How experience with real-world problem-solving, combined with MIT Open Learning’s online resources and internship opportunities, solidified one Afghani learner’s career path.
Deploying a practical solution to space debris
Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.
How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system?
A detailed MIT analysis identifies some promising options but also raises unexpected concerns.
MIT D-Lab spinout provides emergency transportation during childbirth
Moving Health has developed an emergency transportation network using motorized ambulances in rural regions of Ghana.
“Biomedical Lab in a Box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Through workshops based on an MIT class, students in Kenya and Uganda gained hands-on experience engineering medical hardware.
Q&A: Examining American attitudes on global climate policies
Professor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations.
Turning adversity into opportunity
How a love for math and access to MIT Open Learning’s online learning resources helped a Sudanese learner pursue a career in data science.
3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South
International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.
From refugee to MIT graduate student
As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.