Researcher Highlights
Researcher Highlight
Nov 01, 2013
“I took my first economics course and fell in love with it. Economics teaches you how to think and you constantly see real-world examples of the concepts you’re learning.”
Student Spotlight
Oct 13, 2013
A self-proclaimed “nature lover” and public policy buff, Morris put her two passions to work as a masters student at MIT studying the impact of energy systems on the environment.
Student Spotlight
Mar 02, 2013
Paul Kishimoto is intrigued by the question: How will we sustain the ways we move? To answer that, he’s tackled an issue of great uncertainty and concern—specifically regarding China’s transportation future.
Researcher Highlight
Feb 11, 2013
In this Faculty Forum Online broadcast, Professor Kerry Emanuel '76, PhD '78 discusses a new approach to climate science that emphasizes basic understanding.
Student Spotlight
Dec 01, 2012
Yip wants to look into proposed policies, such as an open fuels standard, to help policymakers understand what could go wrong if they do choose to adopt the standard.
Researcher Highlight
Nov 05, 2012
In looking for ways to combat climate change and minimize the planet’s warming, atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon says it’s often helpful — and heartening — to look to the past.
Student Spotlight
Nov 01, 2012
Santen follows her passion to protect the environment by studying something most take for granted: Electricity.
Researcher Highlight
Jun 01, 2012
Selin looks at the pathways by which mercury reaches the environment and the effect it has on human health once it gets there. She also analyzes the steps regulators could take — and in some cases have taken — to prevent further contamination.
Researcher Highlight
May 15, 2012
Henry Jacoby co-leads a key study on natural gas, a fuel that has become the largest U.S. energy story in decades.
Researcher Highlight
Mar 02, 2012
Christopher Knittel had big dreams heading into college. Those dreams involved baseball.