Principles of Microeconomics now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format
14.01SC is the third of seven courses OCW will publish this spring specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.
Three MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Gedik, Matusik and Pathak among 126 researchers selected.
Jens Hainmueller: A 'numbers' guy takes on pressing public policy issues
Political science associate professor ties together qualitative and quantitative ways of thinking about politics and society.
Putting lab life under the lens
Economist Scott Stern advances the scientific study of, well, scientists.
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.
The cost of tropical cyclones
New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage.
Leading by example
Study: The presence of female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women.
The case of the missing gas mileage
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.
A shale gas revolution?
MIT report shows prosperous shale gas market could hurt future R&D, if we let it.
Kaitlyn Nealon named to Capital One Academic All-America Women's Soccer Team
Sophomore defender becomes fourth player in the history of the women's soccer program to earn honor.