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Zhang inducted into Austrian Academy of Sciences

3 Questions: Jim Walsh on the Korean standoffAn MIT international security expert discusses the escalating tensions between North Korea and South Korea, and the possibility of repairing relations.

LINC unites educators from around the worldFifth conference being held May 23-26

3 Questions: The euro messMIT Sloan economist Kristin Forbes on the recent troubles roiling the international financial markets

Tackling cancer on a new frontNew program at MIT’s Koch Institute targets the growing cancer problem in India.

Pattern seen in governments’ currency policiesSmall-time money transfers from migrants shape key decisions on foreign exchange, research shows.

In the World: Clean Water for GhanaMIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana

Fravel, Huang named research associates for new National Asia Research Program

Slideshow: A Terrascope spring breakStudents visit Abu Dhabi to learn about plans for the world’s first carbon-neutral city

3 Questions: David Miliband on Afghanistan’s futureBefore delivering the Compton Lecture, Britain’s foreign secretary sat down with MIT News to discuss the state of the war in Afghanistan

New wheelchair gets its first real-world testGrad student’s device aims to meet the needs of millions of people in the developing world.

MIT's chapter of Engineers Without Borders launches first projectStudents hope to bring electricity and clean water to Ugandan health clinic

A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?Though widely seen as a failure, December’s climate conference may actually have set the world on the right path, panelists suggest

MIT signs formal agreement with Singapore University of Technology and DesignPresident Hockfield lauds new university’s ‘distinctive vision’

MIT Professional Education delivers its first course in IndiaThis week, MIT Professional Education is conducting its first-ever three-day course in India, “Airport and Airline Systems: Planning, Design and Management,” as part of the program’s new international outreach initiative.

President Hockfield meets key MIT Portugal stakeholders during three-day visit to LisbonReceives first-of-its-kind honorary doctorate from leading Portuguese universities

Travels With Melville: Wyn Kelley's excellent adventureMelville scholarship takes Kelley to Tahiti, the Galapagos, China, and the Middle East

Tea with a WarlordFotini Christia interviews Afghanistan’s fierce fighters and reveals the potential for a more successful U.S. strategy

'Crazy minds, able hands'MIT's problem-solving design summit moves to developing world

A phone is not just a phoneStudent projects explore innovative cellphone uses in developing world

Wodiczko brings immigrant stories to life for Venice Biennale