Massive, swift federal investment needed to address climate change, panelists say
Policymakers are hopeful that a Biden administration will encourage congressional action.
Shaping universities to be engines of economic development
Book co-authored by Edward Crawley, Juan Cristobal Garcia Sanchez SM '20, and others demonstrates how universities can contribute to economic recovery after Covid-19.
Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
Pushing the envelope with fusion magnets
MIT Energy Fellow David Fischer irradiates high-temperature superconducting tape to test its resilience and prepare for the first pilot fusion plant.
Transatlantic research and study collaboration continues amid the pandemic
MIT and Imperial College London to tackle dual challenges of climate and pollution through new seed fund focus.
Saudi Arabia faces increased heat, humidity, precipitation extremes by mid-century
High-resolution climate projections could enable a robust adaptation and resilience response.
Examining the French stage during the Enlightenment and French Revolution
Bilingual, interactive online publication asks how politics, economics, and social conflict shaped the Comédie-Française theater troupe’s repertory and impacted its finances.
Solve Challenge Finals go virtual for 2020
Fourth annual social impact pitch event gathered global Solve community to connect, collaborate, and meet the 2020 Solver Class.
Why soldiers fight
Political science graduate student Matthew Cancian brings his own military experience to bear on battlefield psychology.
A global collaboration to move artificial intelligence principles to practice
Convened by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the AI Policy Forum will develop frameworks and tools for governments and companies to implement concrete policies.
MIT community unites for Beirut explosion relief efforts
Lebanese Club at MIT and MIT Arab Alumni Association join forces to raise money for the Beirut Emergency Fund.
Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusion
MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion.
MIT deepens connections to the Middle East
MISTI launches new seed fund in Jordan as part of MIT-Arab World program.
Action learning in the virtual world
MIT students collaborate online with Hong Kong peers and industry partners to build fintech solutions.
Donald Blackmer, professor emeritus of political science and longtime leader at MIT, dies at 91
Esteemed scholar and extraordinary steward of institutions and people was known to light up the academic landscape.