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Seminar XXI's Kelly Greenhill awarded Derek Brewer Visiting Fellowship

Kelly Greenhill, faculty director of the Center’s Seminar XXI program, received the Derek Brewer Visiting Fellowship from the University of Cambridge in England. For the next academic year, she will reside at Emmanuel College within the University of Cambridge.

April 01, 2026

Seminar XXI's Kelly Greenhill awarded Derek Brewer Visiting Fellowship

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The best places to start and grow a business now

Phil Budden, faculty director of the MIT-United Kingdom Program, is quoted: "Even companies with solid growth potential struggle to get funding attention if they can’t make the case for ‘the huge blitzscaling, billion-dollar unicorn’ potential... funders can be a little bit more patient because they don’t have to meet that overhead.”

March 31, 2026

The best places to start and grow a business now

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Valuing human authenticity in the age of AI

Evan Lieberman, director of CIS and Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa, reflects on the value of cultural production and human authorship amid the rise of AI, drawing on experiences from museums in Amsterdam.

March 27, 2026

Valuing human authenticity in the age of AI

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Talmadge on the Iran war

Caitlin Talmadge, faculty affiliate at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP) and member of the Security Studies Program (SSP), offers expert commentary on the Iran war in a series of interviews across multiple media outlets.

March 27, 2026

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Advancing international trade research and finding community

Sojun Park, a postdoc at the Center for International Studies, has learned much from his research on intellectual property as well as his interactions with students and mentors at MIT.

March 23, 2026

Advancing international trade research and finding community