Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda on a solution for the health hazards associated with wood-burning stoves.
MIT student voting rates climb to nearly 40 percent
New technologies and campus engagement helped to spur a 26.4 percent increase in voting rates from 2014 to 2018.
What makes for better bureaucracy?
Political science PhD candidates Guillermo Toral and Tugba Bozcaga find that government-appointed officials deliver the goods — given the right circumstances.
Computer science in service of medicine
Senior Kristy Carpenter aims to leverage artificial intelligence and other computational tools to develop new, more affordable drugs.
MADMEC teams address plastic waste problem with materials science
Finalists presented an alternative to nondegradable plastics, and an additive to help plastics decompose.
Economist Stanley Fischer calls for autonomy in central banking
In MIT talk, the former vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve reflects on his career as a policy leader.
“Biogenesis” podcast highlights MIT students behind cutting-edge biology research
The MIT Department of Biology and Whitehead Institute are producing a podcast featuring young scientists and why they chose to study biology.
Two committees to examine MIT’s outside engagements
Chair of the faculty and provost announce committees to review practices related to gifts, as well as grants and collaborations.
MIT takes action in response to sexual misconduct survey findings
New measures on campus announced for advocacy, support, education, and accountability.
Learning about China by learning its language
MIT senior's longstanding passion for Mandarin leads to a hands-on taste of the complexities of functioning in a Chinese business context.
MIT Society of Women Engineers celebrates 40 years
For four decades, one of MIT’s largest undergraduate organizations has served as a community of women empowerment and diversity in STEM fields.
Deploying drones to prepare for climate change
PhD student Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how building construction impacts communities’ resilience to rising temperatures.
A community for African students at MIT
The student-run African Students Association bolsters MIT's relationship to a vibrant, growing continent.
Study: Better sleep habits lead to better college grades
Data on MIT students underscore the importance of getting enough sleep; bedtime also matters.