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Chris Zegras appointed director and CEO of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
The professor of mobility and urban planning will lead MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore.
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3 Questions: Developing sustainable guidelines for rebuilding in Gaza
Shireen Bader Alqadi, MIT’s first Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF) Palestine Fellow, reflects on spending the Fall 2025 semester in the MIT’s Sustainable Design Lab with Architecture Professor Christoph Reinhart and team.
After 20 years, students still benefit from Shanghai-based education program
Dual-discipline programs combine management and engineering coursework and experiences to prepare operations professionals to excel in the global marketplace.
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A bet that has paid off 500 million times over
In 2001, at the dawn of the digital age, MIT made a bold decision: to open its curriculum to the world. Through MIT OpenCourseWare — now part of MIT Open Learning — the Institute began sharing materials from nearly all of its courses online for free. A quarter of a century later, that decision has […]
MIT practicum connects students with Ukrainian city leaders on economic development
MIT graduate students are working with leaders from the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia to explore strategies for economic development, infrastructure, and innovation during wartime conditions. As part of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) spring course 11.S941 (Innovating in Ukraine), DUSP hosted a delegation of five Ukrainian leaders from Vinnytsia, a city […]
From technical solution to systems change: Tackling the problem of plastic waste
When Akorfa Dagadu arrived at MIT, she had a solution in mind: a mobile app to improve recycling and environmental engagement in her home country of Ghana. The project, called Ishara, aimed to make it easier for people to participate in local recycling systems while creating economic opportunities. “I grew up in what people often […]
Q&A: Expanding MIT’s global reach through Universal Learning
MIT’s Universal Learning is a new initiative from MIT Open Learning designed to prepare learners everywhere to tackle complex global challenges through boundary-crossing thinking. Universal Learning offerings combine subject matter expertise from MIT faculty and experts and Open Learning’s more than 25 years of innovation in online education to deliver a learning experience centered on […]
Celebrating dorm-to-market social entrepreneurship at MIT
Over 200 students, alumni, faculty, staff, funders, and community collaborators gathered at the MIT Media Lab on April 15 for the 25th annual IDEAS Social Innovation Incubator Showcase and Awards, hosted by the Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Center for Social Impact. Since its founding in 2001, the PKG Center’s IDEAS Incubator has launched hundreds of […]
MIT scientists build the world’s largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems, and open it to everyone
Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly disappear. No one had ever collected them systematically, cleaned them, and made them available, not for AI researchers testing the limits of mathematical reasoning, and not […]
The tech revolution that wasn’t
In 1960, engineers at India’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) built what they called an “Automatic Calculator,” the country’s first working computer. It had the same type of ferrite-core memory as IBM’s world-leading machines, and at a glance, appeared to herald a new age of tech advances in India. Constructed with a fraction of […]
Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound
A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor of physics Kiyoshi Masui into a striking sensory form, transforming more than 4,000 cosmic signals into spatial audio. With its grand opening on April 4, “The Logos” project invites visitors to experience deep-space phenomena not as distant […]
Testing sustainable agriculture in Barcelona
A dozen MIT students recently set out for Barcelona — not just to study climate resilience, but to experience it firsthand. As part of STS.S22 (How to Grow Resilient Futures: Regenerative Agriculture and Economies in Catalunya, Spain), an Independent Activities Period course taught by Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of […]