David Autor named the inaugural Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in...
The Department of Economics has announced David Autor as the inaugural holder of the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professorship in Economics, effective July 1. The endowed chair is made possible by...
View ArticleEric Evans receives Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
On May 31, the U.S. Department of Defense's chief technology officer, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu, presented Eric Evans with the Department of Defense (DoD) Medal...
View ArticleOwen Coté, military technology expert and longtime associate director of the...
Owen Coté PhD ’96, a principal research scientist with the MIT Security Studies Program (SSP), passed away on June 8 after battling cancer. He joined SSP in 1997 as associate director, a role he held...
View ArticleMelissa Choi named director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Melissa Choi has been named the next director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, effective July 1. Currently assistant director of the laboratory, Choi succeeds Eric Evans, who will step down on June 30 after...
View ArticleFotini Christia named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Fotini Christia, the Ford International Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Political Science, has been named the new director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS),...
View ArticleThe rules of the game
At the core of Raymond Wang’s work lies a seemingly simple question: Can’t we just get along?Wang, a fifth-year political science graduate student, is a native of Hong Kong who witnessed firsthand the...
View ArticlePioneering the future of materials extraction
The next time you cook pasta, imagine that you are cooking spaghetti, rigatoni, and seven other varieties all together, and they need to be separated onto 10 different plates before serving. A colander...
View ArticleResearchers study differences in attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines between...
While many studies over the past several years have examined people’s access to and attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines, few studies in sub-Saharan Africa have looked at whether there were differences...
View ArticleMIT SHASS announces appointment of new heads for 2024-25
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) has announced several changes to the leadership of its academic units for the 2024-25 academic year.“I’m confident these outstanding...
View Article“The dance between autonomy and affinity creates morality”
MIT philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew believes individual rights play an important role in protecting the autonomy we value. But he also thinks we risk serious dysfunction if we ignore the...
View ArticleLarge language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect...
One thing that makes large language models (LLMs) so powerful is the diversity of tasks to which they can be applied. The same machine-learning model that can help a graduate student draft an email...
View ArticleCollaborating to advance LEADing-edge digital financial infrastructure
MIT’s Laboratory for Economic Analysis and Design (LEAD) has been awarded a 400,000-euro grant from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German service provider...
View ArticleBalancing economic development with natural resources protection
It’s one of the paradoxes of economic development: Many countries currently offer large subsidies to their industrial fishing fleets, even though the harms of overfishing are well-known. Governments...
View ArticleGroundbreaking poverty alleviation project expands with new Arnold Ventures,...
J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), will significantly expand its work to conduct rigorous research and strengthen evidence-based policymaking...
View ArticleSchool of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes nine new faculty
Dean Agustín Rayo and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences recently welcomed nine new professors to the MIT community. They arrive with diverse backgrounds and vast knowledge in their...
View Article3 Questions: Preparing students in MIT’s naval ROTC program
Being able to say, “I fly helicopters” — specifically the Seahawk series that boast a maximum cruise elevation of 10,000 feet and 210 miles per hour — must be a great conversation starter. So must...
View ArticleRisk, culture, and control
Some people think the world is wildly unpredictable, and are glad insurance can handle the risk and uncertainty they face. Other people believe their destiny is written in the stars, and consult a...
View ArticleLincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student...
The following announcement was released jointly by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute.MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at...
View Article3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield
Pursuing an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program project (or two or three) is a quintessential part of the academic experience at MIT. The program, known as UROP, allows students to be “shoulder...
View ArticleMaking a measurable economic impact
How do you measure the value of an economic policy? Of an aid organization’s programming? For Saeed Miganeh, who completed an MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy and is now...
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