Minding the Gap
The first US-focused MIT Sloan action learning course grapples with the divides in American society
The Writers: Kathryn M. O’Neill
Better Governing Through Science
A new initiative from the Jameel Poverty Action Lab helps policy makers worldwide embrace the value of evidence
Looking for Change, Online and Off-Center
Ian Condry and T.L. Taylor are ethnographers exploring the connections between online and offline worlds.
New Dimensions Outside the Classroom
Frankie Perone has developed an intuitive understanding of form that she believes will ultimately help her produce more thoughtful designs.
Data in a Major Key
Michael Scott Cuthbert advances musical analysis with his new music21 software.
Medical Anthropology
Erica Caple James investigates how behavior, culture, and structural inequalities impact health.
Creativity Within Constraints
J. Meejin Yoon creates large-scale, public art installations, including White Noise/White Light, which she designed for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Natural Design
Neri Oxman launched a new research initiative –– material ecology –– that merges architecture, engineering, computation, and ecology.
An Energy Education
MIT students Kwabena Bediako and Lucy Fan are now contributing to the world’s energy future.