Political

Susan Solomon, MIT professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences (EAPS) and of chemistry, performed a vital function in understanding how a category of chemical compounds referred to as chlorofluorocarbons have been making a gap within the ozone layer. Her analysis was foundational to the creation of the Montreal Protocol, a global settlement established within the […] More

A visit to Ghana modified Sofia Martinez Galvez’s life. In 2021, she volunteered at a nonprofit that gives know-how and digital literacy coaching to folks within the West African nation. As she was organising computer systems and connecting cables, Martinez SM ʼ23 witnessed excessive poverty. The expertise was transformative. That similar yr, she left her […] More

Climate fashions are a key know-how in predicting the impacts of local weather change. By working simulations of the Earth’s local weather, scientists and policymakers can estimate circumstances like sea degree rise, flooding, and rising temperatures, and make selections about the way to appropriately reply. But present local weather fashions battle to supply this info […] More

Owen Coté PhD ’96, a principal analysis scientist with the MIT Security Studies Program (SSP), handed away on June 8 after battling most cancers. He joined SSP in 1997 as affiliate director, a job he held for the remainder of his life. He guided this system by means of the course of three administrators — […] More

Fotini Christia, the Ford International Professor of Social Sciences within the Department of Political Science, has been named the brand new director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), efficient July 1. “Fotini is well-positioned to information IDSS into the following chapter. With her tenure because the director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research […] More

The subsequent time you prepare dinner pasta, think about that you’re cooking spaghetti, rigatoni, and 7 different varieties all collectively, and so they should be separated onto 10 completely different plates earlier than serving. A colander can take away the water — however you continue to have a mound of unsorted noodles. Now think about that […] More

At the core of Raymond Wang’s work lies a seemingly easy query: Can’t we simply get alongside? Wang, a fifth-year political science graduate scholar, is a local of Hong Kong who witnessed firsthand the shakeup and battle engendered by China’s takeover of the previous British colony. “That sort of expertise makes you surprise why issues […] More

A set of conservative coverage proposals referred to as Project 2025 has put into phrases what a second time period for Donald J. Trump might appear to be. Trump has distanced himself from the plan, however it aligns with a lot of his marketing campaign guarantees. Political reporter, Jonathan Swan, explains. More

The Democratic Party is simply weeks away from formally naming a nominee for president, and with some Democrats questioning President Biden’s candidacy, there are just a few methods the nomination course of may unfold. If Mr. Biden stays within the race, he’s virtually sure to be the nominee. If he drops out earlier than the […] More

While recycling methods and bottle deposits have change into more and more widespread within the U.S., precise charges of recycling are “abysmal,” in accordance with a staff of MIT researchers who studied the charges for recycling of PET, the plastic generally utilized in beverage bottles. However, their findings recommend some methods to alter this. The […] More

While many research over the previous a number of years have examined folks’s entry to and attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccines, few research in sub-Saharan Africa have checked out whether or not there have been variations in vaccination charges and intention between women and men. In a brand new examine showing within the journal Frontiers in Global […] More

Donald J. Trump’s marketing campaign is billing it as a must have style accent for his supporters: an American flag lapel pin with the previous president’s identify scrawled in gold block letters throughout it — in all caps. The pins have been accessible beginning Thursday for a $50 donation to the Trump marketing campaign, the […] More