First-ever Climate Grand Challenges recognizes 27 finalists

A subset of the finalists will be announced as multiyear flagship projects this spring.

MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2022 ~6 min

MIT in the media: 2021 in review

MIT community members made headlines around the world for their innovative approaches to addressing problems local and global.

MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 22, 2021 ~21 min


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

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

Maria Zuber on MIT’s Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Postdocs who feel safe taking risks benefit MIT’s research community, says MIT’s vice president for research.

Office of the Vice President for Research • mit
Aug. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Friends of MIT Biology celebrate an unusual year

Members of the biology community came together to honor and celebrate the contributions and many achievements of the department and its affiliates.

Saima Sidik | Department of Biology • mit
March 16, 2021 ~6 min


MIT in the media: 2020 in review

In a particularly newsworthy year, news and views from the MIT community made headlines.

MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 22, 2020 ~9 min

With campus as a test bed, climate action starts and continues at MIT

MIT serves as a laboratory for a multifaceted approach to address the Institute’s own contributions to climate change.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Dec. 18, 2020 ~10 min

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