This summer, the Center for International Studies supported fifteen doctoral students in international affairs through the CIS Summer Study Fellowship. Mariel Garcia-Montes, one of this year's awardees, sat down to discuss her work and the value of doing research abroad.
Lieberman attends New York launch of global report to coincide with UN General Assembly
In the face of multiple global crises, from the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to the devastating climate emergency, heads of state descended on New York this week to negotiate solutions and responses. One non-government organization, Global Nation, released its inaugural, data-driven “Global Solidarity Report” at a pop-up Goals House in Central Park’s Tavern on the Green. Evan Lieberman and CIS were among the contributors and partners of this report.
Global Solidarity Report 2023
CIS director Evan Lieberman contributed to the upcoming Global Solidarity Report, an initiative of Global Nation. His report focused on the importance of global solidarity in addressing climate change. Among the partners of the report, which will be launched at the UN General Assembly, is the Center for International Studies.
GDL Summer internship program gives promising political science students a chance to shine
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MIT Political Science
Four current undergraduates from US universities and two current master’s students at African universities mixed research assistant work and their own independent research projects, professionalizing their presentation of research and exchanging information with each other and Department of Political Science faculty.
MISTI internships begin
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Sabina Van Mell
Over 600 MIT students have traveled abroad this summer with MISTI programs.
précis: Spring/Summer 2023
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Center for International Studies
The Spring/Summer 2023 edition of précis features an interview with Mai Hassan on Sudan, Steven Simon's new book on the Middle East, how elite American university networks affect access to venture capital in Africa, and more.
CIS congratulates 2023 graduates
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Center for International Studies
Among those who graduated from the Department of Political Science this year were three graduate students focused on international relations and security studies.
CIS welcomes Weiner family for exhibit tour
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Sabina Van Mell
This week, Beth Ben-Avraham and Avital (Tali) Datskovsky, Professor Myron Weiner's daughter and granddaughter, visited the Institute to tour the South Asia and the Institute: Transformative Connections.
PhD students Nicholas Blanchette, Wenyan Deng and Raymond Wang awarded World Politics Statecraft Fellowships
Three PhD students from the MIT Security Studies Program were selected for World Politics and Statecraft Fellowships by the Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. for dissertation research.
CIS awards 15 summer study grants
Fifteen doctoral students in international affairs at MIT were awarded summer study grants. Each will receive up to $4,000. Suzanne Freeman and Mariel Garcia-Montes were awarded the fourth annual Guillemin prize. The Center is pleased to support the work of an outstanding and varied cohort from across the Institute.