MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative | MIT News

New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.

Sophie Beauvais | Julia Chabrier | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) • mit
Nov. 6, 2015 ~5 min

Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater | MIT News

MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage.

Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment • mit
Nov. 2, 2015 ~6 min


$20 million Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research gift to expand collaborative cancer research | MIT News

Gift will augment the Bridge Project, a collaborative project between the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and MIT's Koch Institute.

Kevin Leonardi | Koch Institute • mit
Oct. 28, 2015 ~5 min

J-WAFS Solutions awards two $150,000 commercialization grants | MIT News

Renewable grants awarded to PIs in materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and biology.

MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 8, 2015 ~7 min

MIT and Imperial College London launch new seed fund | MIT News

Grants to support early-stage joint research projects.

Jessica Fujimori | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 7, 2015 ~4 min

Engineering biology | MIT News

With a new DARPA contract, biological engineer Christopher Voigt aims to harness the power of living cells.

School of Engineering • mit
Sept. 24, 2015 ~1 min

DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.5 million in first round of faculty research funding | MIT News

Thirteen grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers from four different schools.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 22, 2015 ~4 min

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker heralds innovation-based growth | MIT News

Discussion with President Reif during MIT visit focuses on policy support for new growth.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 18, 2015 ~8 min


Recovering Greece | MIT News

How do you cure a distressed economy? One startup at a time.

Leda Zimmerman | School of Engineering • mit
Aug. 17, 2015 ~6 min

How discovery science is reinventing the world | MIT News

MIT innovators take a close look at how basic science research leads to applications, new companies, jobs, and economic growth.

Liz Karagianis | MIT Spectrum • mit
April 21, 2015 ~4 min

/

27