Neither here nor there
MIT's Balakrishnan Rajagopal is helping to map the crisis of displaced peoples.
Resilient places
New MIT initiative will respond to the deeply human challenge of rebuilding after blight or catastrophe
MIT responds to Typhoon Haiyan
Community springs to action after the Philippines’ deadliest natural disaster.
Building disaster-relief phone apps on the fly
Researchers combine powerful new Web standards with the intuitive, graphical MIT App Inventor to aid relief workers with little programming expertise.
Admiral Thad Allen explains leadership during crisis
Former Sloan Fellow speaks with Dean Schmittlein about response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Better prepared next time
Lessons learned from the BP oil spill could help both companies and regulators to be more ready for the next emergency.
Facilities EHS manager helping with Gulf oil-spill relief efforts
Ed Akerley called into duty with U.S. Coast Guard
3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
An MIT oceanographer discusses why ‘we have never had a spill like this’ — and what that means for cleanup efforts.