Visualizing migration stories
“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.
Building better batteries, faster
PhD student Pablo Leon uses machine learning to expedite research on novel battery materials, while helping newer students navigate graduate school.
A new board game highlights the colonized experience
Departing from games that glorify European conquest, “Promesa” helps players understand Puerto Rico as a modern-day colony.
Study: Trade can worsen income inequality
Using Ecuador as case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries.
Novelist Elizabeth Acevedo's work reflects the rich stories, traditions, and cultures of the Caribbean diaspora
MIT Reads event moderated by Nailah Smith ’22 delights MIT audience.
A voice for change — in Spanish
Postbac Jessica Chomik-Morales hopes to inspire the next generation of Spanish-speaking scientists with her podcast, “Mi Ultima Neurona.”
Report: Economics drives migration from Central America to the U.S.
A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.
Education in Latin America after the pandemic
In a recent panel discussion, experts describe opportunities for equality and equity.
MIT receives $15M USAID award to promote research and innovation at universities in Latin America
The award will support development-oriented research through a Center for Innovation and Technology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.
3 Questions: Understanding the Haiti earthquakes
Assistant professors Camilla Cattania and William Frank discuss the science behind the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes in Haiti.
New views of autocracy emerge from historic archives
Political science PhD student Emilia Simison has found that despotic regimes vary, and the move to democracy doesn’t necessarily guarantee policy change.
In Brazil, a look at why health care declines around elections
Guillermo Toral PhD '20 finds health care quality drops in months leading up to mayoral elections, and if the incumbent loses, the quality continues to fall.
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society builds educational partnership in Uruguay
IDSS will provide support to learners who take the MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.
Helping artisanal miners in Colombia face the Covid-19 crisis
MIT D-Lab and local community partners to deliver virtual trainings on making masks, hand sanitizer, vertical gardens, and portable chicken coops.
Myth-busting on YouTube
Postdoc Izabella Pena uses social media to combat the infodemic about the Covid-19 pandemic.