Finkelstein, Kardar, Wen, and Zhang honored for research achievements.

New collaboration joins together MITx MicroMasters, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and MIT Refugee Action Hub.

MIT economist’s historical study details how railroads helped India trade and grow.

Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems.

A 4 percent reduction per year in carbon dioxide emissions should net $339 billion in health savings in 2030, researchers estimate.

MIT economist lauded for work on education, market-design mechanisms.

Interdisciplinary doctoral program in statistics and online MicroMasters program in statistics and data science begin this fall.

Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year.

Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.

Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.