International initiatives

Left to right: Carlos Gonçalves, MIT Portugal visiting student; Shenghua Wu, MIT Portugal visiting Scholar; Carolina Furtado, MIT Portugal visiting student; Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal; Gonçalo Pereira, MIT postdoc; and Golnar Hejazi, MIT Portugal visiting student.

Manuel Heitor, Portuguese minister for science, technology, and higher education, visits MIT

Visit aims to strengthen the scientific and technological cooperation between Portugal and the United States.

November 18, 2016

CoolThink@JC will target 16,000 students at 32 primary schools across the city of Hong Kong, offering tools and expertise to boost computational thinking abilities. Insights from the initiative, being done in collaboration with MIT and others, will eventually inform the development of curriculum for all Hong Kong teachers and students.

Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking

Powered by MIT expertise and regional universities, CoolThink@JC will offer training to primary teachers and students at 32 schools.

November 15, 2016

The TechCon conference, hosted by MIT and USAID's Higher Education Solutions Network from Nov. 10 - 12, convened researchers and innovators to collaborate on solving global issues.

At TechCon, science-based solutions for world issues

Innovators and researchers tackle global issues through actionable research and collaboration.

November 15, 2016

Makers and innovators collaborate at the August 2016 MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Applications are now invited for the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Brisbane, Australia, March 26-31, 2017.

Entrepreneurship Down Under

Australia will host the next MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.

November 14, 2016

Three MIT mentors were among this year's student participants, mentors, and judges at the final International Young Physicists’ Tournament at the San Joaquin campus of Pontifical Catholic University.

MIT-Chile collaboration stresses hands-on projects and teamwork in STEM education

MIT alumni and the MIT-Chile Program are bringing unique learning opportunities to Chilean high school students in a partnership with two major Santiago universities.

November 1, 2016

MIT Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma (right) hosts Charles Chen Yidan of the Yidan Prize Foundation to announce MIT as a nominator for the Yidan Prize.

Yidan Prize for Education Research and Education Development announced at MIT

MIT was the first stop on a world tour for the Yidan Prize Foundation's launch of a new $3.9 million education award.

October 31, 2016

The Creative Community building, a new 100,000-square-foot facility, will be home to the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) when it opens its door in 2019. Faculty from MIT's School of Architecture and Planning are helping to develop the DIDI curriculum.

MIT to help Dubai launch a new undergraduate institution focused on design

School of Architecture and Planning will develop curriculum, courses for Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation.

October 24, 2016

With support from the International Policy Lab, the Trancik Lab compiled a report on the link between emissions cuts and energy technology cost reductions ahead of the 2015 UN climate conference. It was presented at the White House and helped to inform discussions in Paris on strengthening commitments to reduce emissions every five years. Pictured: (left to right) Patrick Brown, Magdalena Klemun, ...

International Policy Lab issues second annual call for proposals to faculty and researchers

The IPL provides funding and policy outreach support to help MIT researchers connect with the policy world.

October 19, 2016

Fotini Christia (left), associate professor of political science; and Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor of Engineering.

3Q: Fotini Christia and Ali Jadbabaie on researching the dynamics of sociopolitcal change

MIT faculty discuss how a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration helps us understand the mechanics of social and political change.

October 14, 2016

Olaide Olambiwonnu poses with her Performetric teammates.

MIT-Portugal and me

Hands-on internships are helping students broadens academic, professional, and personal horizons.

October 12, 2016

MISTI Instagram winners: (clockwise from top left) Pierre Bertrand, Navil Perez, and James Addison.

How is MIT making the world better through MISTI?

Winners of MISTI’s annual video contest announced.

September 20, 2016

ROBOAT, a new collaboration between researchers from MIT and partner institutions in the Netherlands, seeks to design and deploy a fleet of autonomous boats on the canals of Amsterdam.

An autonomous fleet for Amsterdam

MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous "roboats."

September 19, 2016

Images from "Architecture at the End of the Earth," an exhibit on Russian architecture and culture at MIT through Jan. 13.

From Russia to MIT

A new collaboration is bringing Russian culture to the Institute.

September 14, 2016

Left to right: MIT Professor Franz-Josef Ulm, Aix-Marseille University President Yvon Berland, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) President Alain Fuchs, and CNRS research director and MIT senior research scientist Roland Pellenq at a signing ceremony extending a partnership behind MultiScale Material Science for Energy and Environment (MSE2), which ...

MIT and French research institutions collaborate on climate-conscious materials

MultiScale Material Science for Energy and Environment research partnership could reduce the carbon footprint of materials such as concrete.

September 12, 2016

MIT professor Hazel Sive, third from left, met with Tunisian professors who participated in the new MIT-Educator program on campus this summer. From left to right: Dr. Youssef Trifa; Dr. Hend Younsi Kaabachi; professor Hazel Sive; Dr. Dalila Haouas; Dr. Karim Naghmouchi; professor Amel Hamza-Chaffai; Dr. Karima Fadhlaoui; Dr. Mahfoudh Wijden; Julia Reynolds-Cuellar; Dr. Saoussen Benzarti; Dr. Nabi...

The teacher becomes the student

Ten Tunisian professors take part in MIT-Educator’s inaugural program to examine their higher-ed practices.

September 2, 2016

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