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MIT spinout Benefits Science Technologies developed software that predicts emerging health risks among employees to design optimal health care plans for companies.

Startup optimizes corporate health care plans

Software mines insurance claims data to determine best coverage for employees, within a budget.

February 18, 2016

“When the company is more stakeholder-focused, one very concrete consequence is that workers are being more protected,” Aleksandra Kacperczyk explains.

A stake in innovation

Laws allowing companies to prioritize stakeholders boost innovative activity.

February 17, 2016

“Using carbon pricing in combination with energy price reforms and renewable energy support, China could reach significant levels of emissions reduction without undermining economic growth,” says Valerie Karplus. Pictured is a photo of Beijing.

Study: China’s new policies will lower CO2 emissions faster, without preventing economic growth

MIT professor sees coal use peaking within next decade and emissions dropping soon after.

February 9, 2016

“Today’s African Repats,” held on Feb. 4, 2016, was part of the Starr Forum series of events on global matters hosted by MIT’s Center for International Studies.

Into Africa

Entrepreneurs returning home to Africa find great promise, and many challenges.

February 5, 2016

Welcome the MIT Siebel Scholars for 2016

Graduate students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy science join a distinguished intellectual community.

February 4, 2016

“Suppose you want to promote entrepreneurship in a given area,” MIT’s Xavier Giroud says. “One policy could be to promote the availability of [more] direct flights between the area and VC hubs.”

Do venture capitalists matter?

Yes, finds a study — especially when direct flights help them visit their investments more often.

February 4, 2016

An architect’s rendering of MIT's new Samberg Conference Center overlooking the Charles River.

MIT to Name New Conference Center in Honor of Arthur and Rebecca Samberg

February 1, 2016

Georgia Perakis, the William F. Pounds Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data

MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.

January 27, 2016

A new book, “Politicized Enforcement in Argentina” (Cambridge University Press), by Matthew Amengual investigates worker safety and the global realities of labor-law enforcement. Here, a group of metal workers assist in steel production.

Reality check in the factory

MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.

January 26, 2016

This GridForm model of a village in Bihar, India, shows the optimal layout of hardware for the load profiles of the community. Each building, color-coded by the cost (in Indian rupees) of supplying electricity to that structure, is wired to a central generation/storage node (solid lines), and the nodes are connected to each other (dotted lines).

Going off grid: Tata researchers tackle rural electrification

At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.

January 21, 2016

Professor Stephen Graves works with MIT Sloan undergraduates.

MIT Sloan launches three new undergraduate majors and minors

Course 15 will offer undergraduates three new majors — management, business analytics, and finance — starting this fall.

January 21, 2016

Governments usually provide subsidies based on overall adoption targets, such as the number of cars or solar panels they would like to see purchased over a period of time. But green technologies are often new products, and no one really knows how many consumers are waiting to buy them.

Sensible subsidies

Study: How should backing for clean technology be designed?

January 21, 2016

MIT spinout Cogito developed voice-analytics software for call centers that tracks and analyzes voice patterns of customers and agents — such as interruptions and rapid speech — and offers real-time feedback to make the conversations more productive.

Watch your tone

Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.

January 20, 2016

Left to right: Forrest Meyen SM ’13, Michael Klinker, Nikhil Vadhavkar, and Edward Obropta ’13, SM ’15.

Space: The here-and-now frontier

MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics launches a new generation of innovators.

January 19, 2016

MIT affiliates were well represented in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30, honoring young leaders.

25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016

Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.

January 7, 2016

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