El Paso was “drought-proof.” Climate change is pushing its limits.
About 20 miles outside El Paso, Texas, on a warm afternoon just before the fall…
A campus exhibition
“Leslie Thornton: Begin Again, Again,” at the MIT List Center through February 13, is the…
Raj Tahil ’81 and Mary Jo Wrenn
Raj Tahil credits MIT with sparking his entrepreneurial instincts. “I learned to see problems as…
Energy from the earth, for the earth
Geothermal power is a promising energy source limited by factors including the need to locate…
Improving access to healthy, fast-casual food
Cassandria Campbell, MCP ’11, traces her interest in food to her first summer job working…
The art of bonsai, according to an engineer
Julian Adams remembers clearly the first time he saw a bonsai. He was wandering a…
Schooling teachers in the realities of urban education
When Jesse Solomon ’91 first started teaching at a middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in…
Ensuring a bright future for Seattle
In 1982, when Lynn Best ’69 joined the public utility Seattle City Light, her team…
The work of the future
Editor’s Note: In 2020, an MIT Task Force produced a comprehensive report on the Work…
Serving as “a force multiplier for good”
“At MIT, we believe that public service can be—and should be—as intense, meaningful, and intellectually…