Counting calories
Migrants pay more for their home region’s cuisine, even when on the edge of malnutrition.
Knight Science Journalism Program selects fellowship class of 2016-17
Ten journalists have been selected to join the KSJ Program at MIT, a global fellowship program for journalists covering science, technology, health, and the environment.
3 Questions: David Autor on global trade and political polarization
Study finds relationship between U.S. job losses due to trade, and political polarization in Congress.
How history can help us solve global economic issues
MIT economic historian Anne McCants discusses the connection between innovation and opportunity.
MIT invites you for a look under the dome
On April 23, MIT's Open House will feature 350-plus events to entertain and inform all ages.
MIT political scientist awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship
Taylor Fravel will examine Asia’s maritime conflicts in further depth.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.
New study shows rich, poor have huge mortality gap in U.S.
In unprecedented detail, lifespan gap shown to be large and growing rapidly.
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016
MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.
New undergraduate majors and minors to debut in fall 2016
Driven by student demand and the blending of fields, new opportunities include management tracks and minors in computer science, data science, and innovation.
Examining accountability through the lens of local politics
PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.
Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems
Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.
3 Questions: Alan Brody on “Small Infinities”
As part of MIT 2016 celebration, play about Isaac Newton debuts in U.S.
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