A revolution in learning

Historian Tanalís Padilla’s new book about activist rural schools in Mexico highlights long-running tensions in the nation’s politics.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2022 ~8 min

Where legal, voting by those in prison is rare, study shows

The findings suggest voting by incarcerated people is unlikely to affect electoral outcomes, in contrast to some assumptions.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 25, 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

MIT’s top research stories of 2021

The year’s popular research stories include a promising new approach to cancer immunotherapy, the confirmation of a 50-year-old theorem, and a major fusion breakthrough.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 22, 2021 ~5 min

A “big push” to lift people out of poverty

MIT field experiment from India finds a one-time economic boost helps the very poor fare better for at least a decade.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 22, 2021 ~7 min

Q&A: David Autor on the long afterlife of the “China shock”

MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 6, 2021 ~9 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

3 Questions: Sophie Gibert on ethics in action

PhD student's research centers on ethics, including bioethics, and the philosophy of action.

Kathryn M. O'Neill | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Nov. 17, 2021 ~8 min


Is watching believing?

In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 16, 2021 ~6 min

Cures for the health insurance enrollment blues

An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 1, 2021 ~8 min

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