J-PAL North America partners with local governments to tackle homelessness and reduce incarceration | MIT News

Selected cities and counties will receive funding and technical support from J-PAL to test innovative strategies in the fight against poverty.

J-PAL North America • mit
June 30, 2017 ~8 min

AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics | MIT News

New center for development of high-tech fibers and fabrics opens headquarters, unveils two products ready for commercialization.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 19, 2017 ~13 min


Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus | MIT News

New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.

MIT Innovation Initiative • mit
June 19, 2017 ~9 min

Building to better weather the storm | MIT News

New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.

Anne Wilson Yu | Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
June 13, 2017 ~5 min

Mens et Manus America examines the politics of misinformation | MIT News

Adam Berinsky and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan present research on rumors and falsehoods in U.S. politics.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
May 22, 2017 ~7 min

Tackling air pollution in China | MIT News

Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
May 17, 2017 ~7 min

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

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

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 15, 2017 ~6 min

Stopping the revolving prison door | MIT News

J-PAL North America tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and help inmates transition back to society.

J-PAL North America • mit
May 10, 2017 ~7 min


An ear for political language | MIT News

Doctoral student Tom O’Grady maps the rise of anti-welfare rhetoric in decades of speeches in the UK Parliament.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
May 8, 2017 ~5 min

Eric Schmidt visits MIT to discuss computing, artificial intelligence, and the future of technology | MIT News

Former Google CEO, now chairman of parent company Alphabet, speaks to students as part of fireside chat with CSAIL Director Daniela Rus.

Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
May 4, 2017 ~4 min

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