In the World: Turning old oil into new mileage
Brazilian waste pickers gain an inexpensive way to fuel their vehicles using leftover cooking oil.
Announcing the Palitz Fellowship
A new undergraduate travel fellowship for the study of Dutch art and culture in The Hague, Netherlands.
2010-11 MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
More than $900,000 distributed to 46 international faculty research projects.
Boning to serve as director of the MIT Masdar Program
Professor, associate head of EECS succeeds Moavenzadeh as head of the program.
MISTI sends more than 50 students abroad over IAP
Take on real-world challenges in places such as Mexico, Germany and France
MIT students visit with Rwandan president
Kagame, who delivered the 2008 Compton lecture, discusses water, energy solutions with D-Lab participants.
Bringing the MIT innovation spirit to China
The new MIT Greater China Fund for Innovation awards its first research grants.
MIT strengthens its ties to Greater China
The Institute has embarked on a major, long-term effort to promote intellectual and technological exchange.
In the World: Turning waste into profit
Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.
Chancellor Phillip L. Clay to step down
Hailed by President Hockfield as ‘an exceptional leader,’ he leaves a remarkable record of achievement.
MIT-Germany Seed Fund launched
Will offer research-initiation grants to faculty at MIT and in Germany.