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2024 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Thirty-five outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2024
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
How to avoid a “winner’s curse” for social programs
When interventions or policies perform well in studies, they may disappoint later on. An MIT economist’s tools can help planners recognize this trap.
A careful rethinking of the Iraq War
Roger Petersen’s new book details military operations and political dynamics in Iraq, shedding new light on the challenges of state-building.
3 Questions: Shaping the future of work in an age of AI
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, faculty co-directors of the new MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, describe why the work matters and what they hope to achieve.
- America's economy has escaped a hard landing
- Science, art, and music meet in the Rofl Shock Prizes 2024
- With Haiti in the grips of gang violence, 'extremely generous' diaspora lends a hand
- Why cash is better than expanded health insurance for the poor
- I've traveled the world researching patriarchy-and found it is far from inevitable