Students and Degrees

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (587+ words) Yale School of Management Internship: ClimateHaven, New Haven, Connecticut I had three goals at the start of the summer: develop marketable climate expertise, do meaningful work with a startup I believed in, and build my network before unstructured recruiting in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (877+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Restaurant Barn. BAR HARBOR—Parents again raised concerns this week about how Bar Harbor students receive science instruction after fifth grade, months after the same issue came before the Bar Harbor School…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (306+ words) MIT finished fiscal year 2016 with $529 million in new gifts and pledges to the MIT Campaign for a Better World, and a total of $2.9 billion raised in the Campaign. Centers, Labs, & Programs - MIT Campaign for a Better World ends FY16 with $2.9 billion…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (851+ words) Joe Higgins, MIT vice president for campus services and stewardship, describes key elements of MIT’s strategy to achieve its Fast Forward campus carbon emission reduction goals. Centers, Labs, & Programs - 3Q: How MIT is working to reduce carbon emissions on our campus…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (454+ words) MIT's new Decarbonization Working Group will support efforts to explore game-changing and evolving technologies with the potential to move campuses like MIT away from carbon emissions-based energy systems....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (309+ words) The MIT Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the Department of Facilities, the Environmental Solutions Initiative, and the MIT Climate CoLab, has launched a crowdsourcing contest to engage the MIT community in proposing methods to reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (714+ words) In his Commencement address to the MIT graduating Class of 2019, entrepreneur, engineer, and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a landmark pledge to combat climate change: a $500 million investment in a program called Beyond Carbon. Referring to the 50th anniversary…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (257+ words) Addressing the Climate Crisis The urgent need to take action on climate change became more apparent in 2021. MIT researchers across campus answered the call and are unleashing innovative ideas to help address the biggest threat of our time. Why closing…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (370+ words) Around 1,000 students from 12 model schools across the Republic of Moldova are studying the optional discipline “STEAM Education for Sustainable Development” during the current academic year. The initiative introduces an innovative approach to learning that emphasizes project-based activities, experimentation, and the…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (495+ words) Drass, Oct 6: At around 3,300 metres above sea level, Drass is known for its extreme winters, but a new initiative at a government school is exploring how locally relevant materials and sustainable technologies can help communities adapt to the harsh climate....