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Analysis & CommentaryProfessor Ben Ross Schneider discusses cuts to the Department of Education and USAIDApril 03, 2025
Analysis & CommentaryU.S.-China arms control: 5 ideas in nuclear and emerging technologiesApril 03, 2025
Analysis & CommentaryAre the United States and Europe still allies? The European public doesn’t think soMarch 26, 2025
Apr 16 Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad? How Domestic Political Conditions Shape Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear Credibility 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location Building E40
Apr 16 Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days 5:30pm - 7:00pm Location Building 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing)
Apr 28 Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location Building E40
Faculty and Researchers Sana Aiyar Associated Faculty, MIT-South Asia Program Associate Professor, History
Faculty and Researchers Caitlin Talmadge Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Associate Professor of Political Science
Faculty and Researchers John G Brisson II Faculty Director, MIT-Singapore Program Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Vin's story Computer Science and Engineering '27 Vin's internship at Startgate, a startup incubator in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, focused on enhancing internal operations and promoting data-driven decision-making.
Ian's story Mechanical Engineering '25 An internship at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), working on biomechanics for prosthetics, has led Ian Rosado, a mechanical engineering major, to explore further and pursue a career in biomedical research.
Andy's story Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '27 Andy Zheng '27 finished off his freshman year with a summer internship at the Central Bank of Armenia. He learned what it meant to tell a story with data and share about the rich culture he's experienced while in Armenia.
Jensen's story Economics '27 Economics major Jensen Fiskin gained a new perspective on work and his career trajectory after a summer at Auckland University of Technology working under Niven Winchester, professor of economics at AUT—learning the GAMS software to run computable general equilibrium (CGE) macroeconomic models.
Dilin's story Nuclear Science and Engineering '27 Dilin Meloni interned at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, over the summer of 2024. For his career, this was exactly the project and field that he wanted to break into and he felt that it would be hugely impactful moving forward.