This year’s Great Glass Pumpkin Patch comprised over 1,000 precious pumpkins. The annual fundraising event supports unique programming at the MIT Glass Lab, where individuals can learn and practice the art of glassblowing. 

As the middle class in Lagos, Nigeria, retreats to private enclaves, political science PhD student Nicole Wilson is studying the impacts on democratic norms. “The shifts taking place in Lagos are similar to many other rapidly urbanizing contexts in Asia and Africa,” she says.

New research finds 78 percent of organizations use third-party AI tools. MIT Sloan Management Review provides guidance on how companies can guard against financial, reputational, and legal risks.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences faculty members Ev Fedorenko, Ted Gibson, and Roger Levy believe they can answer a fundamental question: What is the purpose of language?

PhD student Avni Singhal uses computational tools to help design new materials that address environmental challenges. She is also a key student voice on the DMSE graduate committee. “It’s given me a lot of insight into how our department works,” she says.

Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile “dark earth,” a new study shows. This rich soil also holds vast stores of carbon, sequestered for centuries — an Indigenous practice that could inform similar efforts to address climate change today.