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“I was always very interested in current events and fascinated by what was happening in the world around me,” MIT historian Tanalís Padilla says. “My parents were very political. I considered myself quite a political being. … I think [living in] Mexico and the United States and seeing the contrast to be so great, especially in rural Mexico, made me aware [of politics] early on.”

Past and present

MIT’s Tanalís Padilla brings alive the history of political struggles in Mexico.

January 4, 2016

A DeLorean time machine appeared on campus for Back to the Future Day, a popular event on Twitter in 2015.

Top tweets of 2015

Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.

December 28, 2015

A new report estimates that, as of 2014, MIT alumni have launched 30,200 active companies, employing roughly 4.6 million people, and generating roughly $1.9 trillion in annual revenues.

New report outlines MIT’s global entrepreneurial impact

Alumni-founded companies have created 4.6 million jobs, generating nearly $2 trillion in annual revenues.

December 9, 2015

Masdar Institute PhD students at MIT for the fall term, conducting research and attending classes

Masdar Institute students experience innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT

December 4, 2015

MIT Professor Thomas Malone (standing) announced the launch of new MIT-United Nations climate-hazard online contests Dec. 2 at the Resilience Focus Session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

United Nations and MIT collaborate on climate change resilience

The MIT Climate CoLab, in collaboration with the UN secretary-general, will launch a series of online contests seeking solutions for climate-vulnerable communities.

December 2, 2015

Joseff Kolman: An MIT undergrad at the Paris climate talks

A passion for climate policy leads to an opportunity to attend the United Nations climate change conference, where countries look to forge new solutions.

December 1, 2015

Henry Thomas Tizard (center), British physicist and head of the Tizard Mission, visits with MIT researchers. The 1940 Tizard Mission introduced to the U.S. the newly invented resonant-cavity magnetron and other British radar developments, and helped establish MIT as a major federally funded research university.

How the Tizard Mission paved the way for research at MIT

Seventy-five years ago, an international meeting of scientific minds changed forever how MIT and other research institutions develop new technologies.

November 23, 2015

Members of the GTL Armenia pilot program pose in Republic Square: (l-r) Jessica Maghakian, Narek Dshkhunyan, Daniel Corney, Armen Samurkashian, Yara Azouni and Edgar Minasyan.

MISTI Global Teaching Labs launches pilot program in Armenia

Five MIT students travel abroad to support and empower young technology entrepreneurs.

November 23, 2015

MIT President L. Rafael Reif (left) and Gantumur Luvsannyam, the Mongolian minister for education, culture, and science, signed an agreement for a new pilot program between MIT and Mongolia. The partnership includes multiple activities planned for the upcoming year, for faculty and professionals as well as students and youth.

MIT launches pilot program with Mongolia

Initiatives will focus on entrepreneurship, pedagogy, and urban planning.

November 20, 2015

The team poses at a waterworks in Maharashtra, India, with local partners.

Envisioning the future of water for 900 million people

Research from an MIT Tata Center team led by Professor James Wescoat is making strategic planning of India's rural water systems possible for the first time.

November 20, 2015