Graduate, postdoctoral

The fifteen teams that made their pitches included MIT faculty, students, and alumni. Participants came from every major unit of the School of Architecture and Planning, as well as the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Schools of Science and Engineering.

DesignX selects first cohort

Eight student teams join MIT’s newest entrepreneurship accelerator.

December 14, 2016

“Everybody uses concrete; even the Romans used it, it just wasn’t the same kind we use today,” says Steven Palkovic, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. “I’m currently studying volcanic ash as a more environmentally friendly option than the industry standard, and I’m creating a framework to study alternative materials to lessen the environmental...

3Q: Seeking concrete solutions to an environmental issue

Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Steven Palkovic looks at sustainable solutions for cement paste.

December 13, 2016

Ahmed Ghoniem and graduate students (left); Katherine Kellogg and graduate students

Professors Ghoniem and Kellogg honored as Committed to Caring

These generous professors put students first, support in both large and small ways.

December 12, 2016

“I see starting a company not only as an option, but the option,” says graduate student Keertan Kini. “It’s a way to make sustainable change in the world.”

Helping policy and technology work together

Engineering grad student Keertan Kini is working to strengthen the intersection of policy and technology.

December 12, 2016

Still from "Furusato" by director Thorsten Trimpop

Thorsten Trimpop wins Golden Dove grand prize at Leipzig Festival

CMS/W lecturer and Open Doc Lab fellow wins prestigious documentary filmmaking prize for "Furusato," chronicling effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

December 9, 2016

Elizabeth Reed Yarina (left) and Lillian Jacobson

Urban planning research papers receive Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning honors

Awards recognize exemplary student research and writing by master's degree candidates.

December 9, 2016

Solidified cross-sections from aluminum ingots were made using a conventional method (top) and a new jet metal process developed by MIT researchers. “The introduction of the jet induced a completely different recirculation of the grains, and therefore you get different microstructure all along the section,” says MIT Assistant Professor Antoine Allanore.

Agitating the aluminum pot

MIT researchers demonstrate that strong churning during hot liquid state can produce stronger, more uniformly structured large aluminum casts.

December 7, 2016

“Policymakers, NGO activists, and businesspeople in developing countries are increasingly aware of the importance of good data and rigorous evidence for designing and choosing policies and projects — and implementing them effectively,” says Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics.

MIT announces MITx MicroMasters program in development economics, with path to full master’s degree

Institute to offer its first “blended-only” master’s program, in data, economics, and development policy.

December 5, 2016

Letter to the community reaffirming MIT's support for students

December 3, 2016

Clockwise from top left: Alix de Monts ’14, senior Anita Liu, senior Melody Liu, and senior Lisa Ho have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars.

Four MIT students named 2017 Schwarzman Scholars

Alix de Monts, Lisa Ho, Anita Liu, and Melody Liu will study for one year at Tsinghua University in China.

December 2, 2016

Left to right: Robert Stoner, deputy director of the MIT Energy Initiative and director of the Tata Center for Technology and Design; Maria Zuber, MIT vice president for research; Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab; and John Fernandez, professor of architecture and director of MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative.

Forging ahead on climate action

At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share insights on implementing climate commitments.

November 22, 2016

“I’m working on bigger questions not only from a scientific perspective, but also from a societal perspective,” says Brian Henderson, Stanton Fellow in Nuclear Science and Security.

Brian Henderson: Experimenting with physics and policy

Nuclear Science and Engineering Stanton Fellow Brian Henderson brings his physics experience to bear on nuclear weapons disarmament policies.

November 21, 2016

PhD candidate Emily Tow (left) and postdoc David Warsinger co-led a study proposing new designs for reverse osmosis desalination that significantly exceed the energy efficiency of state-of-the-art techniques. An experimental prototype is behind them.

Batch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach

Researchers develop a new way to create more clean water with less energy, thanks to clever timing.

November 18, 2016

Rothschild’s great-grandfather, David (standing, third from left), is pictured here before the war with his siblings and father Joseph. During the Holocaust, David was imprisoned at Buchenwald, and several siblings were killed or imprisoned, including Joseph, who was murdered at Auschwitz.

The courage to dissent

For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.

November 17, 2016

Seeking to inform India’s climate policy choices

Tata Center graduate fellow Arun Singh shares energy-economic modeling research at UN Climate Change Conference.

November 16, 2016

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