House rules
Research shows how rebuilding Britain’s Houses of Parliament in the 1800s helped create clean-air laws.
Solve launches new challenges on climate, education, and health care
MIT’s open innovation platform for tackling global problems seeks solutions from near and far.
Helping policy and technology work together
Engineering grad student Keertan Kini is working to strengthen the intersection of policy and technology.
President Reif calls for renewed national commitment to support basic science
“Invisible infrastructure” of nation’s scientific enterprise is eroding, MIT president warns in Wall Street Journal op-ed.
MIT announces MITx MicroMasters program in development economics, with path to full master’s degree
Institute to offer its first “blended-only” master’s program, in data, economics, and development policy.
At TechCon, science-based solutions for world issues
Innovators and researchers tackle global issues through actionable research and collaboration.
Seeing solutions through, across continents
When a plan to improve stoves in Peru met unexpected challenges, MIT senior Sade Nabahe rose to meet them.
Sparking conversations, spurring solutions
Solve and HUBweek bring together cutting-edge thinkers and doers, from Greater Boston and beyond.
MIT to neutralize 17 percent of carbon emissions through purchase of solar energy
Partnership of three local organizations could set a sustainability example for others to follow.
President Obama discusses artificial intelligence with Media Lab Director Joi Ito
One-on-one conversation in WIRED focuses on advancements in artificial intelligence and how society should respond to related concerns.
3Q: Fotini Christia and Ali Jadbabaie on researching the dynamics of sociopolitcal change
MIT faculty discuss how a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration helps us understand the mechanics of social and political change.
Harnessing the power of citizens
PhD student Lily Bui works with communities around the world to gather data from the bottom up.
Cambridge Cyber Summit convenes industry, academia, and government
Hosted by CSAIL, event featured discussions on cybersecurity with tech leaders and officials from the NSA and FBI.
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.