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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 7, 2017 • ~1 min
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