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Top row (l-r): Tata Center spinoff Khethworks develops affordable irrigation for the developing world; students discuss utility research in Washington; thin, lightweight solar cell developed by Professor Vladimir Bulović and team. Bottom row (l-r): MIT's record-setting Alcator tokamak fusion research reactor; a researcher in the MIT Energy Laboratory's Combustion Research Facility; Professor Krip...

Strong current of energy runs through MIT

Research, education, and student activities help create a robust community focused on fueling the world's future.

November 7, 2017

A look at 10 years of the MIT Energy Initiative, by the numbers

3Q: Robert Armstrong on 10 years of energy research at MIT

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong shares perspectives on past successes and ongoing and future energy projects at the Institute.

November 7, 2017

Faculty, staff, and graduate students gathered for a luncheon honoring MIT’s 2018 Siebel Scholars.

Sixteen MIT grad students are named to the Siebel Scholars class of 2018

MIT students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy science fields receive the prestigious awards.

November 1, 2017

A new study suggests that long-term states of mind about whether people consider themselves spenders or savers can affect short-term financial decisions.

How impatience guides financial behavior

Study: Long-term states of mind can affect short-term financial decisions.

October 31, 2017

MIT Campaign for a Better World ends FY17 with $3.6 billion

The Institute finished the fiscal year with $589 million in new gifts and pledges, MIT’s largest annual fundraising total to date.

October 26, 2017

When negotiating, pride goeth before destruction

Study finds good feelings from one negotiation can damage subsequent performance.

October 24, 2017

Logistimo, with chief executive Anup Akkihal (left) and product manager Raj Ganesh, was one of four grand-prize winners in the second annual MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge.

Innovating for shared prosperity

MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge awards over $1 million to organizations harnessing technology to create greater economic opportunity for workers.

October 13, 2017

Jim Magarian is a third-year graduate student and an engineering leadership instructor with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program.

Veteran engineer studies career pathways of today’s graduates

After a mid-career jump to academia, PhD student Jim Magarian now analyzes engineering workforce issues.

October 1, 2017

Gene Keselman has joined the MIT Innovation Initiative as its new executive director

Gene Keselman named MIT Innovation Initiative executive director

Longtime U.S. Air Force officer, entrepreneur, and nonprofit executive joins the initiative to help build out the next phase of its mission.

September 21, 2017

Erica James, associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, co-presents with Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (not pictured) on the results of their research project, Leverage Points: Opportunities for Increasing Food Production in Developing Countries, funded by ...

Projects make inroads on global food and water challenges

MIT researchers supported by J-WAFS present results of their work on food and water security.

September 21, 2017

MIT Sloan School of Management student Vick Liu demonstrates how small and portable a compressed TravlerPack is — an important attribute for refugees carrying all of their possessions on foot.

MIT students design and donate sleeping bags to Syrian refugees

"It's a simple solution to a big problem."

September 18, 2017

“We are trying to solve the issue of youth unemployment through entrepreneurship and through making small businesses more efficient — starting more businesses, starting them well, having them grow up to the point where they can be employers,” says graduate student Meghan McCormick about her company, Osez Innover, which operates in three countries in West Africa.

Empowering young entrepreneurs in West Africa

MBA student Meghan McCormick leads a venture that helps African youth develop small businesses.

September 17, 2017

MIT named No. 5 university by U.S. News

Undergraduate engineering program is No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.

September 12, 2017

“The question we’re asking is: Do retractions trigger, at an individual level, something like an infection mechanism, where the retracted author is being punished and discredited for being dishonest or just incompetent?” says Alessandro Bonatti, an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

How retractions hurt scientists’ credibility

Study finds faulty research creates a significant drop in use of prior published work.

September 5, 2017

MIT startup Podimetrics has developed a smart mat that can detect early warning signs before foot ulcers form, which may drastically reduce amputations and cut medical costs.

Smart mat detects early warning signs of foot ulcers

Conceived at an MIT hackathon, system could reduce amputations, cut medical costs for diabetics.

August 15, 2017

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