Supporting students in Puerto Rico after a hurricane’s devastation

Postdoc Héctor De Jesús-Cortés works to build up the STEM pipeline from his homeland to MIT and beyond.

Fernanda Ferreira | School of Science • mit
Dec. 13, 2019 ~9 min

Study: For low-income countries, climate action pays off by 2050

Economic benefits of mitigation arrive much sooner than previously thought.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
May 1, 2019 ~5 min


Texas’ odds of Harvey-scale rainfall to increase by end of century | MIT News

Study finds state’s annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 13, 2017 ~7 min

MIT researchers respond to hurricanes Irma and Maria | MIT News

The Humanitarian Response Lab works with FEMA to optimize public and private sector supply chains serving hurricane-affected areas.

Christine Adams | Center for Transportation and Logistics • mit
Oct. 20, 2017 ~7 min

Mapathon seeks to direct humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico | MIT News

Boston-area volunteers gather at MIT to help identify post-hurricane conditions in the territory

Department of Urban Studies and Planning • mit
Oct. 16, 2017 ~3 min

Tackling the world’s challenges in the field | MIT News

MISTI media contest showcases MIT students working to build a better world.

MISTI • mit
Oct. 2, 2017 ~3 min

Targeted, crowdsourced aid for Mexican earthquake victims | MIT News

MIT team’s online platform links those who need aid with those who can help. (Este artículo está disponible en español.)

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 24, 2017 ~5 min

MIT map offers real-time, crowd-sourced flood reporting during Hurricane Irma | MIT News

Via social media, residents can contribute to public map that increases safety and helps response planning.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 8, 2017 ~4 min


3 Questions: Brent Ryan on Hurricane Harvey’s implications for U.S. cities | MIT News

Stranded in Houston by hurricane floodwaters, an MIT associate professor sees firsthand how design and policy decisions affected the storm’s impact.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 1, 2017 ~9 min

Building to better weather the storm | MIT News

New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.

Anne Wilson Yu | Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
June 13, 2017 ~5 min

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