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Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organisms

MIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health.

February 06, 2025

David McGee named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Specialist in paleoclimate and geochronology is known for contributions to education and community.

February 05, 2025

Aligning AI with human values

Audrey Lorvo, a computer science, economics, and data science major, is researching AI safety, which seeks to ensure increasingly intelligent AI models are reliable and can benefit humanity. Lorvo participated in MISTI internships in Chile and France.

February 04, 2025

Aligning AI with human values

BRICS in focus: A conversation with Dr. Mihaela Papa

Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, discusses the significance of BRICS and its evolving role in reshaping global governance in an episode of the ChinaPower podcast, hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

January 31, 2025

BRICS in focus: A conversation with Dr. Mihaela Papa

'Shock and awe': Trump moves faster than last time to impose agenda

Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and a member of the Center’s Security Studies Program, discusses President Donald Trump's possible strategies regarding Canada and Greenland.

January 29, 2025

'Shock and awe': Trump moves faster than last time to impose agenda

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