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May 29, 2020, 07:00 ET Father and son celebrate joint graduation from MIT

While most parents attend their children's college graduations as spectators, Dr. Michael Solomon will attend his son's MIT commencement as both a...

May 28, 2020, 07:30 ET Ocular Technologies, a startup developing telemedical solutions to improve access to eye care, wins the 2020 MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

Ocular Technologies, a startup that has developed a device-enabled telemedicine platform powered by machine learning to improve accessibility to eye...

May 22, 2020, 07:30 ET MIT to host virtual Beat Pandemic II Hackathon with focus on predicting, preventing and preparing

As many areas move past peak infection rates, how can communities and organizations safely and effectively manage a 'new normal'? How can populations ...

May 22, 2020, 07:30 ET 'Building the New Economy': MIT Sloan School researchers map out a blueprint to help individuals, infrastructure, and institutions withstand crises, from wars to pandemics

How can we make our financial system less fragile and more transparent? How can we make our healthcare infrastructure less reactive and more agile?...

May 21, 2020, 14:00 ET New study shows devastating cost of failure to coordinate economic reopenings

A new study released this week by the Social Analytics Lab at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy shows the devastating cost of the current...

May 19, 2020, 06:05 ET MIT Sloan EMBA student launches "Masks 2 Heroes" initiative

As many states are discussing reopening plans, there is a critical need for masks for the general public and frontline workers. To help meet this...

May 18, 2020, 07:00 ET New statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process and attract more funding

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19...

May 12, 2020, 15:09 ET MIT Sloan professor identifies key challenges and solutions for evaluating energy innovation policy

While substantial innovation is needed to enable the transition to clean energy systems, evidence is limited as to what policy mechanisms actually...

May 12, 2020, 15:05 ET MIT Sloan research shows adaptive networks promote better collective intelligence

In times of crisis, like the current COVID-19 pandemic, businesses need to make smart decisions about their future. An important question is: Who...

May 07, 2020, 07:00 ET MIT Sloan's 'Antifragile' Entrepreneurship Series now available online

How best can you make critical decisions in the moment when level-headedness is at a premium? When the world turns upside down, what steps can we...

May 07, 2020, 07:00 ET How should governors reopen their post-pandemic economies? New research from MIT Sloan weighs the tradeoffs entailed in reopening businesses, schools, and public spaces

As governors and local policymakers wrestle with how to stage the reopening of their states' economies in the shadow of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Apr 27, 2020, 07:30 ET MIT to host hackathon to build solutions to support Africa's critical needs during pandemic

Despite the slow arrival of COVID-19 to Africa, much of the continent is now at tremendous risk. On May 1-3, 2020, MIT will host the Africa Takes on...

Apr 23, 2020, 17:19 ET Dine with an MIT luminary for a good cause: Flash charity auction offers the opportunity to bid on lunch with MIT professors in support of COVID-19 relief in Cambridge

Dream of dining and discussing space travel with former NASA astronaut and MIT Aerospace Engineering Professor, Jeffrey Hoffman? Want to grab a...

Apr 16, 2020, 12:01 ET Celebrating Entrepreneurs--a firsthand account of the past, present, and future of entrepreneurship at MIT, by longtime professor Edward Roberts, available on Amazon

MIT Sloan School of Management today announced that the book, Celebrating Entrepreneurs: How MIT Nurtured Pioneering Entrepreneurs Who Built Great...

Apr 15, 2020, 15:10 ET MIT Sloan models track COVID-19 spread in communities and predict patient outcomes

The COVID-19 pandemic is raising critical questions regarding the dynamics of the disease, its risk factors, and the best approach to address it in...

Apr 14, 2020, 17:18 ET MIT Sloan and HBS professors propose policy to help economy recover after pandemic

As many American businesses struggle to survive the current pandemic, it's critical to help the economy return to normal when the time comes. A new...

Mar 24, 2020, 11:21 ET MIT Sloan group releases tools and recommendations to prevent health system collapse

To prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, states should focus on preventing the spread of COVID-19 at high-risk sites, such as nursing homes, and...

Mar 04, 2020, 07:30 ET MIT Sloan School appoints Sinan Aral to lead the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

The MIT Sloan School of Management today named Professor Sinan Aral as the new director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE). Aral, one ...

Feb 25, 2020, 07:30 ET Why are co-workers in the same job at the same company paid differently? MIT Sloan study finds employees who perform specialized tasks earn 5% more than their colleagues

At a time when wage inequality and workplace fairness dominate the national conversation, a new study by Nathan Wilmers, the Sarofim Family Career...

Jan 15, 2020, 08:00 ET MIT Sloan launches the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Finance

The skills and expertise required for a career in finance are in high demand across industries and the world. To meet this need, the MIT Sloan School ...

Jan 09, 2020, 09:55 ET MIT's Golub Center for Finance and Policy names judges for the Miriam Pozen Prize

The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) recently announced the members of its judging panel for the Miriam Pozen Prize, MIT's first-ever...

Jan 06, 2020, 07:30 ET MIT to launch Shaping Work of the Future, a free MITx online course

Are you worried about artificial intelligence impacting your job? Are you concerned about growing societal divisions as new technologies leave...

Dec 11, 2019, 10:00 ET MIT's Golub Center for Finance and Policy Announces the Miriam Pozen Prize to Recognize Outstanding Contributions to Financial Policy

The Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an Institute-wide initiative that works to improve ...

Dec 03, 2019, 07:39 ET MIT technology powers new, accessible climate solutions simulator

The Sustainability Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Climate Interactive today launched a free, user-friendly version of their...

Nov 18, 2019, 07:30 ET Can ethics be taught? New research from MIT Sloan and Notre Dame offers first large sample evidence on how ethics training affects behavior and employment decisions in the financial sector

Can ethics be taught? Evidence points towards yes, according to new research that offers the first large sample study on how rules and ethics...