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
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America, a research center at MIT, announced today that five state and local governments have been selected to participate in the...
The historic gardens of the Mughal Empire in India and Pakistan first drew James Wescoat to the Indus Basin four decades ago. A landscape architect and professor in the Aga Khan Program for...
Six MIT graduate students, one undergraduate, and a recent alumnus have accepted Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to conduct independent research projects during the coming year. Another...
Glimpses of blue sky are becoming a rare sight in Delhi, India’s capital, particularly in wintertime, when a thick white haze smothers the city. David Hagan, an MIT PhD candidate studying...
The following is adapted from a Masdar Institute...
George W. Rathjens, a professor emeritus of political science at MIT, died May 27 at age 90.
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MIT Corporation life member Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel ’78, an active MIT volunteer and noted philanthropist, will receive the Bronze Beaver, the highest award the MIT Alumni Association bestows...
The MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Global Seed Funds enable MIT faculty to collaborate with international peers, either at MIT or abroad, with the aim of developing...
MIT will announce the official launch of its new Hong Kong Innovation Node this summer with a unique hardware accelerator program designed to educate students in key areas of innovation practice...
MIT has announced the creation of a makerspace that will facilitate connections between the MIT campus and the global community and meet the increasing demand for hands-on learning opportunities...
Earlier this month, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Government Innovation in Dubai signed an agreement with...
This fall, problem solvers from around the globe will convene at MIT to explore and share innovative approaches to addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Co-hosted by the...
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) has announced its second round of seed grant funding to the MIT community. J‑WAFS, launched in 2014, is MIT’s Institute-wide...
The following is adapted from a ...
As MIT works to advance solutions for global challenges in the realms of innovation, education, planetary environment, and human health, MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (...
MIT faculty, staff, and students gathered at the Wong Auditorium, accompanied by many representatives of member companies of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and other attendees from the...
The Victor and William Fung Foundation has renewed its funding to support global education opportunities for MIT undergraduates. In 2011, the foundation made a $1 million donation for scholarships...
A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize on Thursday night for an idea to make India’s temperature-controlled supply...
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement was a vote on behalf of the international community to look to the future and redouble their tandem efforts to combat climate change. Fred Krupp, executive...
MIT political scientist Taylor Fravel has been named to the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program for the 2016-17 academic year, a prestigious award he will use to extend his studies of Asia’s ongoing...
The MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design today announced the projects to be supported through its annual seed fund. The 12 projects were selected from a highly competitive field of proposals...
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS), MIT’s Institute-wide initiative to coordinate and lead research related to water and food access, will hold its first major event...
Talk for a while with MIT senior Raichelle Aniceto about satellites, and you might find you’ve caught the aerospace bug. An aeronautics and astronautics major from Salt Lake City, Aniceto has a...
In the course of our day-to-day lives, we produce vast amounts of data. Whether gathered through online communications platforms, tracking devices, or other sources, these data reveal information...
The MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund awarded $60,565 to three MIT faculty pursuing joint projects with peers at...