http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/international-relations.html International relations and collaborations headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/international-relations.html 88 31 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/mobile-0702.html Several startup business ventures spawned by MIT students are using phones to help people, especially in developing nations, to raise their incomes, learn to read, get where they're going and even diagnose their ailments. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/mobile-0702.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/portugal-0625.html The MIT director of the MIT Portugal Program, Daniel Roos, has been a driving force in the emergence of engineering systems as a field of study. The News Office recently sat down with him to talk about the program at its midway point. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/portugal-0625.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/counter-0622.html A new display in New York City shows a real-time count of the tons of carbon dioxide (and equivalents of other greenhouse gases) emitted each day, based on data collected and analyzed by MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/counter-0622.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/egypt-0618.html The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Arab Republic of Egypt announced the creation of a new fellowship program to provide financial support to students from Egypt to study engineering and other subjects at MIT. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/egypt-0618.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/legatum-0611.html The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT has awarded summer seed grants to eight teams of students, giving them the necessary means to bolster innovative solutions to development challenges in low-income countries. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/legatum-0611.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/wodiczko-tt0610.html This week, MIT Visual Arts Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko opened a solo video installation at the 53rd Venice Biennale -- considered by many the world's most important venue for contemporary art -- about the plight of immigrants in Europe. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/wodiczko-tt0610.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-cis-tt0603.html Awards given in the MIT Center for International Studies for the academic year 2008-2009. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-cis-tt0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/inl-0530.html The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today began a major new collaboration that will enrich each institution's research activities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/inl-0530.html