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Bringing MIT to the world, and the world to MIT. We tweet about MIT's international activities, the global community at MIT, and MIT's impact in the world.
Cambridge, MA
Joined June 2021
Don't miss this report by the MIT China Strategy Group launched today! It charts a path for MIT to conduct academic interactions and collaborations with individuals and organizations in China.
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RT @MIT_CIS: There's a world of expertise at CIS. Professor Mai Hassan leads the Center's MIT-Africa Program and @MISTIatMIT Africa. Learn….
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RT @MITanthropology: TODAY!May 6th, 4-5:30pm @MITanthropology.Margaret Cheney Room, 3-308.“Seeds of Guamuchil”: Fem….
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Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas
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To achieve the aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change — limiting the increase in global average surface temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — will...
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Thrilled to be part of this project that provides a safe haven for scholars at risk to study and do research @MIT.
The Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program officially kicked off on February 29 at a reception hosted by @GlobalMIT and CIS, welcoming the program’s first three visiting scholars from Ukraine. @MIT_SHASS @ElizWoodMIT.
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How free online courses from MIT can “transform the future of the world” 🌎@mitopenlearning
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From full introductory courses in engineering, psychology, and computer science to lectures about financial concepts, linguistics, and music, the MIT OpenCourseWare YouTube channel has it all —...
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RT @MIT_CIS: The Fall 2023/Winter 2024 edition of précis featured an article on the "Empowering the Teachers" program, which provides an im….
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New book from MIT political scientist Roger Petersen offers additional clarity about the Iraq War
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The term “fog of war” expresses the chaos and uncertainty of the battlefield. Often, it is only in hindsight that people can grasp what was unfolding around them. Now, additional clarity about the...
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Illustrating India’s complex environmental crises
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Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT, and Sarnath Banerjee (no relation), an MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology (CAST) visiting artist share a...
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RT @MIT_CIS: The Fall 2023/Winter 2024 edition of précis is out! The digital magazine features an interview with MENA/MIT, insights on the….
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Nice event for the MIT community @MITMuseum on February 13! 🎞️🇬🇭
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Brief Tender Light, a new documentary from Ghanaian filmmaker and MIT alumnus Arthur Musah that follows four African undergraduates through MIT will be screened at the MIT Museum on March 20 at 6...
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Projects investigating Swahili, global media win @MIT_SHASS Humanities Awards 🎉
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Two projects — the Global Mediations Lab led by Paul Roquet and the MIT Swahili Studies Initiative led by Per Urlaub — have won Humanities Awards from the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social...
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Application process is now open for the new fellowship to help advance science journalism in Africa and the Middle East
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The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced a new one-semester fellowship — the Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East — that will start this year....
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Inspired by the geography and nature in Chile 🇨🇱, MIT alumna co-founded a startup combining architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials with multiple applications.
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Atacama Biomaterials, a startup co-founded by MIT alumna Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas, combines architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create inexpensive eco-friendly materials from...
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Interesting research done by @mcgovernmit and @UNAM_MX about how the brain manages to keep time. #collaboration.
Together with neuroscientists @UNAM_MX, the Jazayeri lab has discovered one way the brain keeps time: It runs an internal simulation, mentally recreating the perception of an external rhythm and preparing an appropriately timed response. @mitbrainandcog
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Researchers from @MIT and Singapore 🇸🇬 develop method to measure carbon in peat bogs.
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Peat bogs in the tropics store vast amounts of carbon, but logging, plantations, road building, and other activities have destroyed large swaths of these ecosystems in places like Indonesia and...
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RT @mit_jwel: Join our team! We are looking for a communications expert to help us further our mission to transform education globally and….
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Originally from Ghana🇬🇭, Baran Mensah shares how much he enjoys college life at MIT. He majors in mechanical engineering with a minor in music.
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MIT senior Baran Mensah recalls taking apart his toys as a child, curious to see how every piece worked. When his mother explained to him what an engineer was, he knew that’s what he wanted to be....
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RT @MITPSTS: Spring 2024 pre-reg closes today at 5pm! There's still time to register for our Special Subjects. Learn more .
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