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Liberty Ladd: Going above and beyond

November 30, 2023 Angelina Parrillo MIT News Office

Professor Emeritus Willard R. Johnson, political scientist who specialized in African studies, dies at 87

November 15, 2023 MIT Political Science MIT News Office

MIT Prize for Open Data awarded to PhD student Jerik Cruz

October 17, 2023 MIT Political Science

Q&A with Professor M. Taylor Fravel
The BRICS expansion and the global balance of power

September 28, 2023 Peter Dizikes MIT News Office

Professor Evan Lieberman: "Solidarity and sacrifice for planetary wellbeing" featured in Global Solidarity Report 2023

September 28, 2023 Global Diversity Lab

Professor M. Taylor Fravel: The Myth of Chinese Diversionary War

September 15, 2023 M. Taylor Fravel Foreign Affairs

PhD candidate Elizabeth Parker-Magyar: Finding solidarity in the teachers’ lounge

September 13, 2023 Leda Zimmerman MIT Political Science

PhD Candidate Jasmine Hope English awarded APSA's 2023 Kendra Koivu Award

September 4, 2023 MIT Political Science

When movements topple dictators

August 23, 2023

Apekshya Prasai: Up in arms

August 22, 2023 Leda Zimmerman MIT Political Science

PhD Student Nicholas Ackert receives the James A. and Ruth Levitan Teaching Award for 2023

August 10, 2023 School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Professor Fotini Christia and PhD Candidate Elizabeth Parker-Magyar: Using social media to raise awareness of women's resources

August 9, 2023 Peter Dizikes MIT News

Professor Ben Ross Schneider honored as Committed to Caring for acting as a "bedrock of compassion"

August 8, 2023 Daniel Korsun MIT News Office

3 Questions: Noah Nathan and Ariel White on Global Diversity summer internships

July 31, 2023 MIT Political Science

Congratulations 2023 Political Science graduates!

May 30, 2023 MIT Department of Political Science

Spring 2023 MIT Political Science Newsletter

May 24, 2023 David A. Singer MIT Department of Political Science

PhD Student Suzanne Freeman receives Jeanne Guillemin Prize from the Center for International Studies (CIS)

May 22, 2023 Michelle English Center for International Studies

Fotini Christia: Architectural heritage like you haven't seen it before

May 22, 2023 Peter Dizikes MIT News

"Ways of Seeing" project documents endangered Afghan heritage sites through digital imaging, virtual reality, and hand-drawn professional renderings.

MIT Graduate Student Council awards the Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising to Erik Lin-Greenberg

May 12, 2023 MIT Graduate Student Council

Noah Nathan: Government's invisible hand in developing countries

May 12, 2023 Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office MIT News Office

New MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with Professor Mai Hassan on her podcast Curiosity Unbound

May 10, 2023 MIT News Office MIT News

A transformative era ends at the Center for International Studies

May 8, 2023 Leda Zimmerman MIT News

Nicole Wilson: Behind the gates

May 2, 2023 Leda Zimmerman MIT Political Science

As the middle class in Lagos retreats to private enclaves, political scientist Nicole Wilson ponders the impacts on democratic norms

Professor Mai Hassan: The Failed "Coup-Proofing" Behind the Recent Violence in Sudan

April 24, 2023 Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker

The Failed "Coup-Proofing" Behind the Recent Violence in Sudan

Illuminating the money trail: MIT political scientist In Song Kim shines a bright light on the dark art of political lobbying

April 18, 2023 Peter Dizikes MIT News Office, Peter Dizikes

A Glimpse Inside Intel: Manufacturing at MIT Distinguished Speaker Series Features Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger

March 22, 2023 Peter Dizikes MIT News Office, Peter Dizikes

The Department of Political Science sponsors the Manufacturing @ MIT Distinguished Speaker Series in partnership with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Industrial Performance Center, MIT.nano, Machine Intelligence for Manufacturing and Operations, Leaders for Global Operations, the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, and Mission Innovation X. Institute Professor Suzanne Berger has been involved with the series from its inception.

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