The Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lectures and Workshops presented inspiring examples of success, even as the event evoked frank discussions of the barriers that still hinder many women in science.
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, faculty co-directors of the new MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, describe why the work matters and what they hope to achieve.
MLK Visiting Professor tries to “maximize connection time” while studying protein evolution.
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
Associate Professor Noah Nathan is generating a body of scholarship on the political impacts of urbanization throughout the global South.
Tenth annual US C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium focuses on equity and justice in the clean-energy transition.
Dissecting the process of recruitment, MIT political science PhD candidate Gabriel Nahmias seeks to lower the barriers to political engagement.
Language analysis reveals possible reinforcement of race- and income-based achievement gap.
With deep roots at MIT, the startup change:WATER Labs has created a toilet that treats waste without water or power.
U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium convenes virtually, declaring environmental justice key for combating climate change.
Hundreds of students, researchers, and industry experts from around the world gathered virtually in November for a cross-disciplinary exploration of water resilience.
Eaman Jahani examines how resources are distributed across networks as a social and engineering systems PhD student at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future looks at how the tax system has led to excessive reliance on machines.
J-PAL research center will focus on evidence-based policy-making to reduce poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
Corporations and nonprofits are applying the popular MIT online tool to shape policy and set wages.