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“You could think of the cricket pitch as a microcosm of caste issues in India,” says Matt Lowe (bottom, second from right), a PhD candidate leading a study in India to see if the popular game of cricket can help bridge caste divides.

When castes collide

PhD student Matt Lowe uses cricket tournaments to explore caste interactions in rural India and whether the popular sport can help bridge class divides.

July 20, 2017

MIT Euro-Club and MISTI officials celebrate a milestone: (left to right) the Euro-Club's Xiaoyu Wu, Susanna Bachle, Katrin Michel, Karine Ip, and Giulio Alighieri; MISTI's Tanya Raymond, Alicia Goldstein Raun, Serenella Sferza, and Erin Schenck.

A unique partnership

The MIT European Club surpasses $200,000 mark in support of MISTI fellowships.

June 21, 2017

MISTI participant Andrei Ivanov '16 is pictured with the city of Grenoble, France, in the background.

"Mens et manus" goes global

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives program will send students to six continents this summer.

May 17, 2017

For great challenges, a global strategy

MIT plan outlines new framework for expanding its international engagement.

May 17, 2017

Left to right: Thomas Ermacora, futurist, urbanist and humanitarian; Hala Fadel MBA ’01, founder and chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab region; Admir Masic, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT; Lara Stein, MIT ReACT development director; and Riccardo Sabatini, scientist and entrepreneur.

MIT to spur global education hub for displaced populations and refugees

The Refugee ACTion Hub (ReACT) will create tailored learning experiences and spark collaboration.

May 16, 2017

“I realized that I didn’t come to MIT because it was the best engineering school, but because it was the best place to discover what I was truly passionate about,” MIT senior Raul Boquin says.

Raul Boquin: Working toward high-quality education for all

MIT senior envisions opportunities for “every person of the world who wants to learn something.”

May 16, 2017

Text "MISTI Global Seed Funds" with url below atop circle design background

MISTI faculty funds: 2017-18 call for proposals

MISTI Global Seed Funds support MIT’s global engagement by promoting collaborations between MIT faculty members and their counterparts abroad.

May 15, 2017

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan (left), former Mexican Ambassador to the US (2007-2013), and Lourdes Melgar, CIS Wilhelm Fellow and Mexico's former Deputy Secretary of Energy for hydrocarbons.

The U.S. and Mexico: What’s the way forward?

MIT event offers look at how U.S.-Mexico relations could revive.

May 15, 2017

“I decided to come to MIT because it was the best place to do engineering, and I eventually settled on materials science, because I felt like it was really applicable to all sorts of fields, including medicine," MIT senior Tiffany Yeh says.

Engineer, pianist, global citizen

Senior Tiffany Yeh explores health care and poverty through working abroad, and cultivates her love of music while at home.

May 4, 2017

MISTI funds over 80 MIT faculty projects

MISTI’s Global Seed Funds program announces its latest winners.

April 21, 2017

In 2016, The MIT-Arab World Program matched 19 MIT students with teaching and internship placements in Jordan, home of the archaeological city of Petra.

Building connections between the Institute and countries in the Arab world

MISTI’s MIT-Arab World Program supports student and faculty activities with colleagues from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Syria.

April 18, 2017

“MIT has given me more opportunities than I could have imagined as a prefrosh,” Senior Elizabeth Rider says. “I've traveled to new places and met new people that I wouldn't otherwise have had the opportunity to.”

Environmentalist and explorer

Senior Elizabeth Rider uses atmospheric chemistry research to create international connections.

April 11, 2017

The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (left), meets MIT President L. Rafael Reif (right), on Friday, April 7, at MIT. Sooroojdev Phokeer, the Mauritius ambassador to the U.S., stands in the background (center).

President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim visits MIT

A trained scientist, Gurib-Fakim discusses ways of strengthening ties with Institute.

April 10, 2017

In Tel Aviv, a Better World gathering highlights the MIT student experience

Independent Activities Period program participants in Israel describe the value of hands-on learning.

April 3, 2017

“In the future I want to be an innovator of the visual arts, with respect to technology. To become a technical artist, if you will,” senior Evan Denmark says. While interning at Pixar Animation Studios last summer, Denmark built tools for modeling artists to use to when creating animations.

Exploring the world and filming the unfamiliar

Senior Evan Denmark explores new cultures through travel and documentary making.

March 28, 2017

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