Community policing in the Global South

Professor Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.

Stephanie M. McPherson | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
Nov. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Investigating pathogens and their life cycles, for the benefit of society

Senior Desmond Edwards has an insatiable curiosity about how the human body works — and how diseases stop it from working.

Leah Campbell | School of Science • mit
Nov. 21, 2021 ~9 min


Ice stupas: the artificial mini glaciers bringing water to some of the driest, coldest places on Earth

Constructed ice domes release water during dry periods when rain is blocked by high mountain ranges, stifling essential crop cultivation for rural communities.

Matteo Spagnolo, Professor of Geography and the Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen • conversation
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Pandemic took a toll on Iowa towns in different ways

The COVID-19 pandemic took a steep toll on Iowans living in both rural communities and larger towns, but in different ways.

Fred Love-Iowa State • futurity
Oct. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier with climate change

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state, and that’s causing problems, a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains. The infrastructure bill in Congress would offer some help.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

Rural Alaska needs new bridges as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier – the infrastructure bill is only a start

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state. That’s causing problems for river crossings, as a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal

With the MIT campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Oct. 3, 2021 ~8 min

Citizens emerge from the slums

PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Sept. 28, 2021 ~8 min


Telehealth can help smokers in rural prisons quit

Telehealth visits with tobacco treatment specialists may help smokers in rural prisons quit tobacco smoking.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 22, 2021 ~4 min

You may soon be able to buy hearing aids over the counter at your local pharmacy

Only 3.7% of people in the U.S. with hearing difficulty own hearing aids. Thanks to a federal law in progress of being implemented, OTC hearing aids may help bridge the gap.

Elaine Mormer, Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Sept. 21, 2021 ~7 min

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