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PostApril 21, 2023

This Nigerian EV entrepreneur hopes to go head to head with Tesla

MIT Technology Review

Phoenix Renewables maintains a fleet of a dozen retrofitted electric minibuses capable of covering a distance of 150 kilometers on a charge.

PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)

PostJanuary 3, 2022

Helping to make nuclear fusion a reality

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Confronting challenges head-on has been part of Rachel Bielajew’s toolkit since she was a child growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PostAugust 25, 2021

The boiling crisis — and how to avoid it

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

“I sometimes feel there was a reason I went through those early hardships,” says Madhumitha Ravichandran. “That’s what made me decide that I want to be an educator.” She’s also grateful for the opportunities that have opened up for her since coming to MIT.

PostJuly 12, 2021

3 Questions: Secretary Kathleen Theoharides on climate and energy in Massac...

MIT Energy Initiative

Kathleen Theoharides (center) oversees the Commonwealth’s six environmental, natural resource, and energy regulatory agencies. In this role, the secretary joined MassWildlife for a prescribed burn on April 8 at the Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area. This habitat management practice benefits wildlife, can enhance firefighter and public safety, and improves outdoor recreational opportunities for Commonwealth citizens and visitors.

PostJuly 12, 2021

MIT Alumni Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

MACA - MIT Alumni for Climate Action

Roadmap Graphic for Climate Action

PostJune 28, 2021

2021 Global Change Outlook Webinar

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

At a public webinar, lead authors of the MIT Joint Program's signature publication present the Outlook's projections of future energy, water, food, climate, and policy prospects

PostMarch 10, 2021

3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impa...

“Social science teaches that great and unexpected shocks can stimulate great and unexpected social and political change,” says Professor Richard Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies. “But what I found was that even an event as cataclysmic as 3.11 did not change the policy preferences of Japan’s leaders.”

PostSeptember 19, 2020

3Q: Fighting racism in the nuclear community

“I think that the first thing that people should do is realize that when a paper or an analysis says this field suffers from systemic racism, it's not a personal critique. We're talking about systems that have been in place for a long time,” says Katlyn Turner, a research scientist in MIT’s Media Lab.

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