Malaika Thorne
Beyond Incremental: Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan Takes Innovation to Scale
Once companies tackle the low-hanging fruit of operational improvement — carbon footprints, energy-efficiency retrofits and waste reduction — they are ready to address deeper sustainability challenges. ... View More
The Next 5 Challenges to Sustainable Investing
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is a growing force in markets across the world. According to the US SIF Foundation, the responsible investing market in the US increased 486 percent while the broader US market of professionally managed assets gre... View More
MIT Sloan MBA program draws highest female percentage in school history
Women seek to make all business sectors more “female friendly”New MIT Sloan students at orientation in August They comprise the highest ever female percentage of an entering MBA class at MIT Sloan, but some of the women now beginning their studi... View More
Air pollution and CO2 reduction policies net same health benefits
Study: Cutting emissions pays for itselfSavings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies. ... View More
MIT's digital supply chain MOOC set for global launch
Chris Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, will teach CTL.SC1x Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals to more than 9,000 online students. ... View More
MIT Sloan expert on why paternity leave matters
Getting away from the cult of motherhood: Why paternity leave is so important — Lotte Bailyn Sports radio isn’t a typical venue for impassioned debate on work-family issues and employment policy. But recently when Daniel Murphy took three days ... View More
Crowdsourcing solutions for global problems with ClimateCoLab
Online voting open in 18 contests addressing climate changeVoting is open in the fourth annual Climate CoLab contests, a series of crowdsourced competitions addressing specific aspects of climate change. The contests rely on the power of collective i... View More
From chemical detoxifiers to sustainable biorefineries: new materials derived from or inspired by biology
Following biological clues to better materialsMIT Professor Brad Olsen creates bioinspired and biofunctional materials for widely diverse applications. ... View More
MIT Professor recognized for micro-building services: distributed, versatile public amenities
Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovationExploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space ... View More
MIT Sloan Social Entrepreneurship Students Recognized for Foodwaste Prevention & Innovation
Meet Ricky Ashenfelter of Spoiler Alert, Runner-Up for the CommonBond Social Impact AwardThis year marked the first-ever CommonBond Social Impact Award for the country’s top MBA social entrepreneur, for which we received over 600 nominations in jus... View More
Where Economy Meets Ecology
Think of a city as a complex organism powered by human activities and consumption. John E. Fernández, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, wants to understand how the urban metabolism works—what it needs in terms of energy, mater... View More
