Podcast: Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 2 — Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people

President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.

MIT News Office • mit
May 9, 2023 ~38 min

Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels

Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 22, 2023 ~7 min


Microparticles could help prevent vitamin A deficiency

Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2022 ~7 min

Machinery of the state

Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Nov. 21, 2022 ~9 min

MIT PhD students shed light on important water and food research

J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
Nov. 10, 2022 ~9 min

Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.

Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 9, 2022 ~12 min

New J-WAFS-led project combats food insecurity

The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability — a project supported by Community Jameel — will study the implications of climate change on food security as they relate to trade.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
Aug. 9, 2022 ~9 min

MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients

The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab • mit
May 20, 2022 ~10 min


Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions

Students are driving innovative research to promote water and food security for all.

Summer Weidman | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
April 22, 2022 ~9 min

Frequent encounters build familiarity

PhD student Paige Bollen finds urban street networks that encourage encounters among strangers link to lower ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant hostility.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
April 14, 2022 ~8 min

/

12