Global

MITx course aims to start worldwide conversation about global architecture

4.605x A Global History of Architecture offers fresh perspective on the principles and forces at play in the discipline.

August 27, 2013

An entrepreneur aims to work in Africa

Graduate student Sarah Dimson is hatching plans for renewable energy and affordable housing in Tanzania.

August 22, 2013

MIT and UTM faculty meet with the staff at the Iskandar Regional Development Authority in Johor Bahru, Malaysia to talk about strategies for sustainable economic development.

Teaching urban development in the global South

A five-year program to strengthen university teaching materials

August 12, 2013

A woman in rural Afghanistan answers questions about the effects of the country's National Solidarity Program.

Empowering women in Afghanistan

By placing some women in local leadership positions, an innovative development aid program integrates women into civic life, and may have economic benefits.

August 2, 2013

Fourth Edition of Building Global Innovators announces the 20 semi-finalists

Technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship initiative of the MIT Portugal Program produces tangible results

July 22, 2013

Linguistic puzzler

Graduate student Rafael Nonato travels to the fringes of the Amazon rainforest to explore the Brazilian native language of the Kĩsêdjê.

July 22, 2013

Daniel Hastings is the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems.

Daniel Hastings named director of SMART

Former dean of undergraduate education will lead joint Singapore-MIT center starting in January.

July 18, 2013

MIT Portugal program renewed for another five years

July 5, 2013

OCW, MITx provide Myanmar student rigorous, high-quality educational opportunities

Engineering student Thaw Tar uses MIT digital learning resources to study underwater vehicle design.

July 1, 2013

(Left to right): M. Zakir, head of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Indonesia; Jossy P. Moeis, dean of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Indonesia; Sunardji, SE., MM, vice president of Universitas Indonesia; Peter Baxter, director general of AusAID; Abhijit Banerjee, director of J-PAL Global; Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of the Republic o...

J-PAL opens new office in Indonesia

June 25, 2013

MEET students work together during the summer of 2012.

MEET builds ties, fosters innovation in the Middle East

Middle East Education through Technology program brings together Israeli and Palestinian youths with a shared passion for technology and entrepreneurship

June 25, 2013

Professor Richard Larson and a panel including Cody Coleman, Sam Shames and Ethan Solomon at the MIT LINC 2013 Conference

LINC 2013 explores global technology-enabled learning

Conference examines realities and potential of online global education

June 19, 2013

MIT President L. Rafael Reif (right) greeted President Ollanta Humala of Peru.

President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT

Visit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.

June 13, 2013

Arnoldo Hax (left) was awarded the Medal of the Order of Commander by President Sebastián Piñera of Chile.

Arnoldo Hax honored by Chilean president

MIT Sloan professor emeritus lauded for distinguished services to the country

June 12, 2013

LGO student Erna Pardede (center) and her teammates Cinthya Avalos (left) and Zachary Cohen (right) posed with the SHOFCO clinic staff in Nairobi, Kenya.

Students take their LGO tools to African clinics

Students in Global Health Delivery Lab course help deliver health care to resource-limited areas in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia