MIT and Danish university students unite to envision a more sustainable future
MIT-Denmark launches Green Campus Challenge to imagine a new, sustainable campus, with international collaboration at the center.
MIT Solve announces 2021 global challenges
New tracks for innovation address antiracist technology in the US, digital inclusion, equitable classrooms, health security and pandemics, and resilient ecosystems.
MIT team improving gene therapies wins Sloan health care prize
Kano Therapeutics was one of eight finalists to pitch at the virtual competition.
King Climate Action Initiative announces new research to test and scale climate solutions
Research is part of a $25 million effort to generate evidence on the real-world effectiveness of policies and programs at the intersection of poverty and climate change.
Future Founders Initiative aims to increase female entrepreneurship in biotech
MIT faculty collaborate with members of the Boston-area biotech community to commercialize women’s discoveries and promote female entrepreneurship.
Improving sanitation for the world’s most vulnerable people
With deep roots at MIT, the startup change:WATER Labs has created a toilet that treats waste without water or power.
Unleashing the potential of the mind
Pison, founded by Dexter Ang ’05, enables people to control digital interfaces, such as their phones, through brain signals.
RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors
Awardees have created new products, companies, and even entirely new industries, employing over 40,000 workers.
Brewing up a dirty-water remedy (and more) with kombucha-inspired biosensors
PhD student and 2017 J-WAFS graduate fellow Tzu-Chieh Tang designs living materials to solve environmental challenges, with an emphasis on safety and scalability.
Faster tracking of treatment responses
Biological sensors developed by MIT spinout Glympse Bio could help clinicians make decisions for individual patients.
Connecting machines in remote regions
Skylo, co-founded by an MIT alumnus, is transforming fishing, farming, and shipping with an inexpensive network for transmitting data through satellites.
MIT alumni broaden access to student internship alternatives
Startup Paragon One’s virtual platform allows hundreds of students to equitably benefit from professional “externship” opportunities.
Bill Aulet named USASBE Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year
MIT Sloan professor of the practice recognized by U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship for years of distinguished leadership.
InEnTec: Turning trash into valuable chemical products and clean fuels
Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification.
Turning microbiome research into a force for health
A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of diseases.