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
For years now, the chief strategy for curtailing North Korea’s ability to build more nuclear weapons has entailed attempts to block access to critical technologies needed by its nuclear program....
For years now, the chief strategy for curtailing North Korea’s ability to build more nuclear weapons has entailed attempts to block access to critical technologies needed by its nuclear program....
This week has produced an important development concerning the situation in Syria: The United States, which has been weighing a potential military strike against government forces in the Syrian civil...
This week has produced an important development concerning the situation in Syria: The United States, which has been weighing a potential military strike against government forces in the Syrian civil...
In a small village deep in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula — a day’s drive from any source of clean, drinkable water — researchers from MIT are testing a system that purifies water with the help...
The ongoing civil war in Syria has focused global attention on the use of chemical weapons — and the long-running efforts by the international community to ban them. Christopher Capozzola, an...
The ongoing civil war in Syria has focused global attention on the use of chemical weapons — and the long-running efforts by the international community to ban them. Christopher Capozzola, an...
Amidst the sounds of a tolling bell and the applause of students, faculty, staff and administrators, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) launched its first classes on its...
Amidst the sounds of a tolling bell and the applause of students, faculty, staff and administrators, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (...
Mark Jarzombek, MIT Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture, is already deeply familiar with the concepts behind global architecture—he has authored and co-authored two highly regarded...
On the long, bumpy drive to her grandmother’s house in Accra, Ghana, seven-year-old Sarah Dimson began to notice some stark disparities between her home in Norman, Okla., and the country of her...
The MIT School of Architecture + Planning has recently signed an agreement with Malaysia's leading engineering and science school — the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) — to develop new...
The MIT School of Architecture + Planning has recently signed an agreement with Malaysia's leading engineering and science school — the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) — to develop new...
In recent decades, Afghanistan has been a notoriously difficult place for women to participate in civic matters. But a new study co-authored by an MIT political scientist, which assessed Afghanistan’...
The judges for the Fourth Edition of Building Global Innovators have selected 20 semi-finalist teams that will compete for the Track Finalist and Grand Finalists awards. These teams will also compete...
Wandering through his university’s library in São Paulo one day in 2002, Rafael Nonato noticed a book titled “Language.” Curious, he pulled it off the shelf.
The book was written in 1921...
The book was written in 1921...
Professor Daniel Hastings, who last month completed a seven-and-a-half-year tenure as MIT’s dean of undergraduate education, has been appointed to a three-year term as director of the Singapore-MIT...
Professor Daniel Hastings, who last month completed a seven-and-a-half-year tenure as MIT’s dean of undergraduate education, has been appointed to a three-year term as director of the Singapore-MIT...
The Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) has renewed its collaboration with the MIT Portugal program, adding a second phase that will carry...
In a recent speech, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and Myanmar's opposition leader, brought international attention to the...
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a global research center, opened today its Southeast Asia office in Jakarta, Indonesia, with the mission to reduce poverty in the region by...
During a visit to Israel and Palestine in March 2013, President Barack Obama made a speech to a crowd of...
During a visit to Israel and Palestine in March 2013, President Barack Obama made a speech to a crowd of...
Approximately 300 participants from nearly 50 different countries gathered at the MIT Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) 2013 Conference from June 16-19 to discuss the realities and...
Ollanta Humala, the president of Peru, visited the MIT campus on Wednesday, meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, faculty members and students. Humala was accompanied by a delegation that...