Policy

Pierre Azoulay, an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Scientists: This man has your number

Pierre Azoulay knows why scientists thrive, flounder and have bursts of creativity — and he has the numbers to back it up.

February 29, 2012

Jens Hainmueller, associate professor of political science

Jens Hainmueller: A 'numbers' guy takes on pressing public policy issues

Political science associate professor ties together qualitative and quantitative ways of thinking about politics and society.

February 15, 2012

Ashley Finan, PhD candidate, nuclear science and engineering

Ashley Finan: Developing better policy for energy innovation

February 14, 2012

Senior Research Scientist Richard Lanza, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Nuclear security takes its place in NSE’s curriculum

January 31, 2012

Said and Done for January 2012

The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest.

January 26, 2012

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

January 25, 2012

MIT's Noelle Eckley Selin explains the biological pathways for mercury, and the positive impact the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards will have regionally.

MIT researcher: U.S. taking leadership on mercury in the environment

Noelle Eckley Selin joins the EPA's regional administrator, Curt Spalding, and other public health experts to speak about the EPA's recent Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

January 20, 2012

Research Scientist Valerie Karplus (right) has been working with Henry Jacoby (left), John Heywood, John Reilly, and others to examine different policy approaches to motivating drivers to consume less gasoline in their cars. Using a specially formulated model based on empirical data about people’s vehicle purchase and travel behavior, advanced vehicle types (including plug-in hybrids), and more,...

Designing policies to curb fuel use, GHG emissions

January 10, 2012

Christopher R. Knittel, the William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics, discusses policy options for addressing climate change during an MIT Earth Week colloquium in April 2011. Knittel holds the first endowed chair enabled by MITEI in order to recruit faculty in key disciplines for MIT energy research and education.

Knittel named first energy faculty chair at MIT

January 5, 2012

A shale gas revolution?

MIT report shows prosperous shale gas market could hurt future R&D, if we let it.

January 3, 2012

Richard Lester, the Japan Steel Industry Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

How to kick-start new energy technologies

Three-year study produces proposals for boosting energy innovation to meet growing demand, curb global warming.

December 22, 2011

U.S. Army soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division surveys the area while crossing the Khabari border from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 9.

3 Questions: Stephen Van Evera on the withdrawal from Iraq

A look at the prospects for peace as U.S. troops leave.

December 16, 2011

Regina Dugan, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

DARPA administrators: Just make it

Agency Director Regina Dugan and Deputy Director Ken Gabriel speak about revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.

December 14, 2011

Congressman Chris Murphy (in yellow hard hat) listens to MIT alumnus Reiner Beeuwkes during his visit to the Alcator C-Mod cell. He was also accompanied by PSFC Director Miklos Porkolab (foreground left), Alcator Project Head Earl Marmar and Associate Director Martin Greenwald (foreground right).

Two congressmen visit the Plasma Science and Fusion Center

December 6, 2011

Carbon capture? Go for the source

New analysis shows pulling CO₂ from the air would not be cost-effective in the foreseeable future.