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“We can’t ship goods without functioning ports”
PhD student Chelsea Mitchell studies the economic forces that shape shipping ports and their ability to support global supply chains.
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27
Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
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MIT Open Learning reaches all the way to the South Pole
John Della Costa uses OpenCourseWare to engage fellow Antarctica “winterovers” in physics content, and to build community.
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MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 70 graduating seniors
The national academic honor society champions education in the arts and sciences.
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The long history of vaccine hesitancy
Thomas Levenson’s new book shows how arguments against vaccination reach back to the beginning of the technology itself.
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In the media
Is it too late to save liberal democracy?
Financial Times
A historian at MIT discovered the surprising truth about this Chinese label long thought to be a souvenir of the Boston Tea Party
Smithsonian Magazine
Trump is trapped in a maelstrom of his own making
The New York Times
A house, a car, a little breathing room: Why middle-class life feels increasingly out of reach
The Boston Herald
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