New J-WAFS-led project combats food insecurity
The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability — a project supported by Community Jameel — will study the implications of climate change on food security as they relate to trade.
Helping cassava farmers by extending crop life
CassVita, founded by an MIT alumnus, has created a biotechnology to increase the shelf life of cassava, a nutritious but perishable root vegetable.
Migration Summit addresses education and workforce development in displacement
MIT Refugee Action Hub event convene learners, activists, and educators from around the world in storytelling and collaboration.
Bringing hope and transformation to the Democratic Republic of Congo
MIT political science master’s student Milain Fayulu is building brands to bring change to his home country.
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.
Expanding energy access in rural Lesotho
MIT alumni-founded OnePower is building minigrids to power villages across the small, mountainous country.
Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions
Students are driving innovative research to promote water and food security for all.
Frequent encounters build familiarity
PhD student Paige Bollen finds urban street networks that encourage encounters among strangers link to lower ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant hostility.
MIT ReACT welcomes first Afghan cohort to its largest-yet certificate program
Empowering a global community of learners in displacement.
Leveraging schools for political influence
Doctoral student Blair Read links rise of private education in India to local political competition, signaling potential erosion of public services.
Designing the built environment through a service lens
Senior Carene Umubyeyi seeks to advance sustainable structural design in her home country of Rwanda and beyond.
Energizing communities in Africa
MIT senior Ayomikun Ayodeji seeks to expand access to reliable, affordable energy in his home country of Nigeria, and beyond.
Refugee learners aim to lift up their communities
MIT Refugee Action Hub celebrates the graduation of its third and largest cohort yet.
Citizens emerge from the slums
PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.
Engineering seeds to resist drought
A new seed-coating process could facilitate agriculture on marginal arid lands by enabling the seeds to retain any available water.