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Amid shutdowns, supply chains pivot and global demand for specialized talent intensifies
The global landscape of supply chain management has changed drastically in the past several weeks. Businesses, organizations, and people are rapidly innovating to improve supply chains and upskill and reskill...
3 Questions: Enabling informed migration in India
The World Economic Forum estimates that there are approximately 139 million domestic migrant laborers in India who move from rural areas to urban centers such as Delhi or Mumbai in...
Call for Proposal: J-WEL 2021 Grant in Education Innovation
Since J-WEL’s Grants in Education Innovation program began in 2017, J-WEL has awarded over $2.8 million in funding to MIT faculty for projects and research in pK-12, Higher Education, and...
MIT D-Lab Practical Impact Alliance holds Co-Design Summit
A recent six-day Practical Impact Alliance (PIA) Co-Design Summit, organized by MIT D-Lab and Moroccan PIA member the Phosboucraa Foundation, convened a group of local and national stakeholders, PIA members,...
A force for health equity
After spending three weeks in Kenya working on water issues with Maasai women, Kendyll Hicks was ready to declare it her favorite among the international projects she’s participated in through...
Beyond Bitcoin: A new case for novel payment systems
Robert Townsend has a new book coming out about “distributed ledger” technologies, including but not limited to Bitcoin. The book is titled “Distributed Ledgers: Design and Regulation of Financial Infrastructure...
Four MIT students awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships
Three MIT seniors, Alice Ho, Francesca Macchiavello Cauvi, and Ava Waitz, and doctoral student Lucio Milanese have been awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships. They will begin their program at Tsinghua University...
When playing favorites can hurt growth
In recent decades China has built over 1,400 large industrial parks, a massive investment accounting for over 40 percent of the country’s manufacturing jobs. However, some of these projects are...
3 Questions: Shola Lawal on human rights and social justice
It’s been a banner year for Nigerian journalist Shola Lawal. The young reporter, who focuses on human rights and social justice issues, was selected as the 2019 International Women’s Media Foundation’s...