Preparing Colombia’s cities for life amid changing forests
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Research Program Director Marcela Angel MCP ’18 has built an international program in natural climate solutions.
Powering the future in Mongolia
Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments
A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center to support graduate student work in public sector innovation.
Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
Aeronautics and astronautics major Theo St. Francis describes his studies of Portuguese and travels to Brazil.
New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impact
A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow more MIT interns to connect with innovators in Denmark.
US and UAE governments highlight early warning system for climate resilience
One of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges flagship projects, the Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project will pilot in Bangladesh and Sudan to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
MIT HUMANS project breaks down borders, empowering global voices to reach for the stars
The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries.
A transformative era ends at the Center for International Studies
Richard J. Samuels steps down as director; Evan Lieberman is named his successor.
In a time of war, a new effort to help
MIT-Ukraine program leaders describe the work they are undertaking as they shape a novel project to help a country in crisis.
Learner in Afghanistan reaches beyond barriers to pursue career in data science
MIT ReACT and Innovation Leadership Bootcamp provide valuable opportunities.
MIT D-Lab students collaborate with adaptive design center in Mexico
Project helps make learning more accessible for children with multiple disabilities.
Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope
MIT D-Lab workshops equip refugees in Greece and elsewhere with the skills and confidence to solve problems in their communities.
3 Questions: Antje Danielson on energy education and its role in climate action
The MIT Energy Initiative’s director of education shares new initiatives aimed at preparing students to take an active role in solving the climate crisis.
New collaboration aims to strengthen orthotic and prosthetic care in Sierra Leone
MIT’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation aim to develop an integrative approach to strengthening and expanding the orthotic and prosthetic sector within the African nation.
New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems.