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

February 27, 2018

Is democracy dying, in the U.S. and around the world? Why or why not? And if so, what can anyone do about it?

Those vexing questions were at the heart of a public forum on the MIT campus...

February 27, 2018

Is democracy dying, in the U.S. and around the world? Why or why not? And if so, what can anyone do about it?

Those vexing questions were at the heart of a public forum on the MIT campus...

February 22, 2018

Building on the success of existing partnerships, MIT’s Global Education and Career Development (GECD) is significantly expanding its academic exchange with Imperial College London, while...

February 21, 2018

Azra Akšamija first visited the Al Azraq refugee camp in Jordan in 2016. “Once I saw [the camp], I couldn’t unsee it,” says Akšamija, an associate professor in the Art, Culture, and...

February 21, 2018

In early January 2018, MIT professor John Lienhard opened an unexpected email. A panel of water industry professionals from around the world had ranked him fourth in the Top 25 Global...

February 06, 2018

MIT undergraduates who interned with MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) member companies in summer 2017 had the chance to work abroad on a wide range of energy projects, from analyzing fuel additives...

February 05, 2018

Dr. Matt Bianchi had a problem. As chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, he needed a better way to diagnose sleep disorders. Typically, a patient seeking a...

February 04, 2018

Take a moment to consider what the following facts have in common. In India, migrants from within the country continue to consume the favored foods of their home regions — even though the...

February 01, 2018

Entering its 18th year, the Global Startup Labs (GSL) program from MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) continues to recruit undergrads and graduate students...

January 31, 2018

Beijing’s strategy toward developing countries is the focus of “China Steps Out: Beijing’s Major Power Engagement with the Developing World,” a new book co-edited by Eric Heginbotham...

January 31, 2018

Beijing’s strategy toward developing countries is the focus of “China Steps Out: Beijing’s Major Power Engagement with the Developing World,” a new book co-edited by Eric Heginbotham...

January 26, 2018

MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America has launched a new Education, Technology, and Opportunity Competition...

January 11, 2018

After two successful rounds of seed grants, the MIT Skoltech Seed Fund Program is calling for a third round of proposals from MIT principal investigators from any of the Institute's schools,...

January 11, 2018

The MIT Portugal Program (MPP) supports research visits by Portuguese scholars and PhD students at MIT — a unique opportunity that allows them to spend up to one year at the Institute....

January 10, 2018

Vision impairment is a major global issue. More than 2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to corrective lenses.

Getting eyeglasses prescriptions is especially difficult in...

January 05, 2018

In keeping with its mission to expand access to affordable education around the world through the innovative use of online learning, MIT Open Learning welcomes an international university that has...

December 22, 2017

After being held in detention for more than five months by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MIT custodian and father of four Francisco Rodriguez will be spending Christmas at home...

December 22, 2017

After being held in detention for more than five months by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MIT custodian and father of four Francisco Rodriguez will be spending Christmas at home...

December 19, 2017

In hospitals in North and South America, nurses are hacking medical equipment to improve patient care. Using off-the-shelf materials, they’ve created prescription bottles for the visually impaired...

December 15, 2017

This fall’s record-breaking hurricanes Maria and Irma left a swath of devastation across the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Granada, Dominica, and others. Photos of severely damaged or...

December 15, 2017

MIT Institute Professor John Deutch, who has been on the MIT faculty since 1970, has served as a department head, dean of the School of Science, and provost, and has published over 160...

December 15, 2017

MIT Institute Professor John Deutch, who has been on the MIT faculty since 1970, has served as a department head, dean of the School of Science, and provost, and has published over 160...

December 06, 2017

J-PAL North America, a research center in the MIT Department of Economics, is announcing two calls for proposals...

December 05, 2017

To enhance the sustainability of homes and property projects in Thailand, Bangkok-based property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited (MQDC) has joined the MIT Energy...

December 05, 2017

Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović visited MIT on Monday, discussing research and innovation policy, and bestowing two medals upon MIT Professor Marin Soljačić.

The state visit...

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