Actor and filmmaker Matt Damon will be 2016 Commencement speaker
Performer who gained fame for his portrayal of a brilliant MIT janitor will address the Class of 2016.
Performer who gained fame for his portrayal of a brilliant MIT janitor will address the Class of 2016.
“Fuel” pillar at MIT Solve underscores energy’s crucial role in solving humanity’s biggest challenges.
In India, PhD student Natalia Rigol aims to tap into community knowledge to vet loan and grant applicants.
Solve conference explores better ways to provide power, water, and food to billions of people.
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center honors the developmental economist and J-PAL director for her studies on poverty alleviation.
Incoming Tata Fellows get a crash course on resource-constrained communities and the challenges of the developing world.
Amy Glasmeier explores economic variations by region to shed light on income inequality.
Rich Fletcher and Daniel Chamberlain will use their winnings to field-test a low-cost mobile device to diagnose pulmonary disease in rural India.
Support from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives seeks to improve policymaking in the fight against poverty.
2015 fellows include MIT alumni and members of the International Development Innovation Network working in Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, and Uganda.
MIT professor and expert in regional economies calculates how far salaries stretch.
Continuing work begun on a D-Lab trip, Kung aims to reduce the costs and labor required to produce compost toilets in El Salvador.
Top Spanish prize awarded to MIT economics professor and J-PAL co-director for contributions to development economics and policies to reduce poverty.
Study: Anti-poverty intervention provides sustained boost to incomes and wealth.
Under the leadership of Dan Sweeney, D-Lab Biomass Fuel and Cookstove Group researches and tests clean cooking products for the developing world.