Global Connections

“Today, we need to prepare our students for their inevitably global careers. In the great MIT tradition of learning by doing, we believe that means making sure that they gain direct experience of the world beyond.”                                                                                                 - Susan Hockfield

July 27, 2018

The mission of the MIT Arab Students’ Organization lies in building cultural, academic, and industrial bridges between MIT and the Arab world. The student-led group aims to create a platform for...

July 27, 2018

The mission of the MIT Arab Students’ Organization lies in building cultural, academic, and industrial bridges between MIT and the Arab world. The student-led group aims to create a platform for...

July 23, 2018

With droughts plaguing much of the western United States and millions of people across the globe living without access to safe water, the need for technologies that produce clean water is...

July 23, 2018

With droughts plaguing much of the western United States and millions of people across the globe living without access to safe water, the need for technologies that produce clean water is...

July 20, 2018

Heads of state and heads of government recently attended the 2018 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit held in Brussels, Belgium. There, President Donald Trump created controversy...

July 20, 2018

Heads of state and heads of government recently attended the 2018 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit held in Brussels, Belgium. There, President Donald Trump created controversy...

July 20, 2018

Heads of state and heads of government recently attended the 2018 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit held in Brussels, Belgium. There, President Donald Trump created controversy...

July 20, 2018

The MIT European Club has donated $40,000 to fund 10 new MISTI European Fellows this summer. Not only is it of the most substantial gifts given by a student group to the MIT community, it also...

July 20, 2018

The MIT European Club has donated $40,000 to fund 10 new MISTI European Fellows this summer. Not only is it of the most substantial gifts given by a student group to the MIT community, it also...

July 12, 2018

Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater. An...

July 12, 2018

Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater. An...

July 12, 2018

MIT is widely known as a top breeding ground for entrepreneurs, whose ventures have collectively grown into...

July 12, 2018

MIT is widely known as a top breeding ground for entrepreneurs, whose ventures have collectively grown into...

July 09, 2018

In the midst of rapid social and economic changes in Saudi Arabia, MIT Professional Education is launching a new collaboration with Al Yamamah University (YU) aimed at promoting diversity at...

July 09, 2018

In the midst of rapid social and economic changes in Saudi Arabia, MIT Professional Education is launching a new collaboration with Al Yamamah University (YU) aimed at promoting diversity at...

July 06, 2018

J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT, has announced that it will partner with two leading education technology nonprofits to test promising models to improve learning, as part of the...

July 06, 2018

J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT, has announced that it will partner with two leading education technology nonprofits to test promising models to improve learning, as part of the...

July 04, 2018

New research suggests there’s a large untapped resource for many of the increasingly water-limited regions of the U.S. and around the world: brackish groundwater, which, in theory at least, would...

July 04, 2018

New research suggests there’s a large untapped resource for many of the increasingly water-limited regions of the U.S. and around the world: brackish groundwater, which, in theory at least, would...

June 26, 2018

Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled by microchips, sensor-laden feet driven by artificial...

June 26, 2018

Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled by microchips, sensor-laden feet driven by artificial...

June 26, 2018

On June 14 the Trump administration announced new tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods, which prompted China to launch...

June 26, 2018

On June 14 the Trump administration announced new tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods, which prompted China to launch...

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