When castes collide | MIT News

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

Kate Telma | MISTI • mit
July 20, 2017 ~9 min

Study: Preschoolers learn from math games — to a point | MIT News

Games found to improve conceptual math skills, but gains may not carry over to primary school.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
July 6, 2017 ~7 min


Two MIT documentaries win New England Emmy Awards | MIT News

The Department of Mechanical Engineering's “Water Is Life” and MIT Video Productions' “A Bold Move” take home top honors in separate categories.

Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
June 28, 2017 ~8 min

MIT Technology and Policy Program’s Best Thesis for 2017 maps out a clean energy future for India | MIT News

Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
June 7, 2017 ~6 min

Online courses paved the way to MIT graduation | MIT News

Amol Bhave’s path to MIT began with watching OpenCourseWare lectures from his home in India. Before he was admitted to MIT, he had created his own MITx course.

Julie Barr | MIT Alumni Association • mit
June 6, 2017 ~4 min

Vipin Narang: On the brinkmanship beat | MIT News

Department of Political Science assistant professor studies the strategic use of nuclear force as global tensions threaten to reach the boiling point.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
May 24, 2017 ~8 min

Engineer, pianist, global citizen | MIT News

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

Kate Telma | MIT News correspondent • mit
May 4, 2017 ~8 min

Fighting child malnutrition with nanoscience | MIT News

New research on ready-to-use therapeutic food seeks drastic reduction in fatalities from severe acute malnutrition in India.

Ben Miller | Tata Center for Technology and Design • mit
April 21, 2017 ~7 min


Watering the world | MIT News

New design cuts costs, energy needs for drip irrigation, bringing the systems within reach for more farmers.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 19, 2017 ~7 min

Tata Center adds 14 new projects to its portfolio for 2017-18 | MIT News

MIT principal investigators will apply cutting-edge research to the challenges of the developing world, seeking a large-scale impact.

Tata Center for Technology and Design • mit
April 7, 2017 ~1 min

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