Ernest Moniz named co-chair and CEO of Nuclear Threat Initiative
Physics professor and former U.S. Energy Secretary will lead nuclear security nonprofit while continuing his work at MIT.
3 Questions: Lourdes Melgar on Mexico’s energy reform
MIT alumna, Robert Wilhelm Fellow, and former Mexican government official discusses opportunities and challenges of recent reforms.
Celebrating the homecoming of Ernest Moniz
Fresh from nearly four years as U.S. Energy Secretary, Moniz returns to his roots at MIT.
Strength in numbers
PhD student Dean Knox studies social networks and how individuals use them to access government goods and services.
Cheaper, faster randomized evaluations
J-PAL North America releases new catalog of administrative data sets to give researchers a leg up in conducting rigorous evaluations of social programs.
Concrete Sustainability Hub welcomes Panamanian government officials
Panamanian delegates participating in the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about life-cycle cost analysis models.
Government leaders gather at MIT to advance evidence-based policymaking
State and local policymakers joined with leading researchers to share experiences overcoming challenges to evaluating government programs.
Testing strategies for preventing violence and crime
J-PAL North America funds randomized studies to evaluate crime-prevention programs.
!["At a fundamental level, the conduct of elections affects the experience of voters and people’s trust in American democracy," writes the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in a press release announcing their funding of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab. "It’s imperative that we, as a nation, get this right and we believe that this lab, under Professor [Charles] Stewart’s leadership, ca...](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201701/us-flag-circuits-mit-election-lab-00.jpeg?itok=UkLhbIal)
MIT Election Data and Science Lab launches
Founded by political scientist Charles Stewart III, the Election Lab focuses on non-partisan research, data, and analysis to improve elections.
How the U.S. can beat hepatitis C: Don’t buy the pills, buy the company
Pharma veteran and MIT visiting scientist Mark Trusheim advances a provocative solution to overcome treatment costs.
3Q: MIT’s investment in the Volpe Center property
Executive Vice President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz describes the transaction and its benefits for MIT and Cambridge.
MIT signs agreement to redevelop Volpe Center
Institute will build new federal building, mixed-use development on the 14-acre parcel in Kendall Square.
U.S. Department of Energy announces MIT Energy Initiative will join new Manufacturing USA Institute
MITEI faculty affiliates to contribute clean energy expertise to national coalition that will address manufacturing challenges in energy-intensive processing industries.