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NewsHopping gives this tiny robot a leg up MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads. The research was funded in part by a MIT-China Global Seed Fund (GSF). April 09, 2025
NewsSupersize me Kathleen Thelen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and faculty director of MIT-Scandinavia, MIT-Germany, and MIT-Switzerland, explains how America’s large retailers got large in her new book. April 08, 2025
CommentaryBen Ross Schneider discusses cuts to governmental agencies Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT-Chile program, discussed the domestic and international implications of the Trump administration’s cuts to governmental agencies, including the Department of Education and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). April 03, 2025
CommentaryU.S.-China arms control: 5 ideas in nuclear and emerging technologies Raymond Wang, PhD candidate in the Security Studies Program, discussed five ideas in nuclear and emerging technologies related to arms control between China and the United States, and China's shaping of international order in a recent talk. April 03, 2025
NewsC. Cem Tasan to lead the Materials Research Laboratory C. Cem Tasan, POSCO Associate Professor of Metallurgy and faculty director of the MIT-Netherlands Program, has been appointed director of MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). April 02, 2025
