The task of history
At community dialogue, MIT historians discuss the power of historical knowledge to make a better world.
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
Designing for a more equitable world
D-Lab founder Amy Smith teaches MIT students to tap into the heart of international development.
Targeted, crowdsourced aid for Mexican earthquake victims
MIT team’s online platform links those who need aid with those who can help. (Este artículo está disponible en español.)
Intermittent attention, poor memory shape public perceptions of inflation
Consumers may tune in to prices when they need to — but recall data poorly, study finds.
Pew recognizes four MIT researchers for innovation in biomedical science
Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé and cell biologist Gene-Wei Li honored as Pew Scholars; postdocs Ana Fiszbein and María Inda are named Pew Latin American Fellows.
The U.S. and Mexico: What’s the way forward?
MIT event offers look at how U.S.-Mexico relations could revive.
Mexico City “Better World” event showcases the MIT community in Latin America
Guest speakers offer stories of MIT’s connectivity and innovation.
Concrete Sustainability Hub welcomes Panamanian government officials
Panamanian delegates participating in the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about life-cycle cost analysis models.
MIT-Chile collaboration stresses hands-on projects and teamwork in STEM education
MIT alumni and the MIT-Chile Program are bringing unique learning opportunities to Chilean high school students in a partnership with two major Santiago universities.
![“There's a lot of role models here [at MIT], and sometimes, in Chile or in Mexico or in Costa Rica, [girls] don't know that there's a graduate student or an undergrad doing these cool things at MIT,” says grad student Alicia Chong Rodriguez. “I think it's a matter of just connecting the dots.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201608/MIT-Alicia-Chong-1.jpg?itok=SHyICvo7)
Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology
Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.
The Santo Domingo Family endows fellowship for Colombian graduate students
First of its kind at MIT, fellowship will cover the initial year of graduate studies for students with financial need.
MIT community galvanizes support for earthquake relief efforts
Community members are working on fundraising efforts in the wake of recent quakes in Ecuador and Japan.
Finding inspiration for architecture and urban planning in Latin America and Spain
Site visits by grad students in the School of Architecture and Planning sharpen proposals in art, architecture, and urbanism studios.
On the importance of academic international engagements: An interview with Fred Moavenzadeh
MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations.