Yassine Lahlou-Kamal and Kevin Power

How an online MIT course in supply chain management sparked a new career
MIT News | January 15, 2026

Current TPP student Kevin Power MAP ’25, SM ’27 shares what brought him to MIT.

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Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27
MIT News | January 9, 2026

IDSS faculty Abdullah Almaatouq among MIT faculty recognized for outstanding mentorship of graduate students.

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Fewer layovers, better-connected airports, more firm growth
MIT News | January 9, 2026

Research from team including IDSS faculty Siqi Zheng shows direct flights and links to key airports help multinational firms expand globally and decide where to invest.

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Roxana Leal and Dylan Cohen

2025 David S. C. Chu Award for Excellence in Research
Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) | January 9, 2026

TPP graduate Dylan Cohen SM ’19 received the 2025 David S. C. Chu Award for Excellence in Research.

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Michael Lenox

Michael Lenox named interim dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business
University of Virginia | January 7, 2026

Michael Lenox PhD ’99, who started with TPP in 1994 as a Technology Management and Policy (TMP) doctoral candidate, was recently named the interim dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business.

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Sunrise over Felixstowe Container Port a large container ship on the harbour wall being loaded with containers as a smaller ship in the background makes its way out to sea with a tug

MIT Maritime Consortium releases report on understanding the proposed nuclear trans-Atlantic maritime corridor
December 18, 2025

Authors analyze policy and governance challenges and offer a path forward for nuclear-powered commercial vessels moving routinely between US and UK ports.

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Introducing the Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT
MIT News | December 17, 2025

The consortium, co-directed by IDSS faculty Christopher Knittel, convenes industry, academia, and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply.

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A white, blocky, lattice-style chair being printed by a 3D printer

“Robot, make me a chair”
MIT News | December 16, 2025

An AI-driven system developed by a team including IDSS faculty members Faez Ahmed and Lawrence Sass lets users design and build simple, multicomponent objects by describing them with words.

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IDSS partners with Masai for Machine Learning in India
December 15, 2025

Online learners in the ‘Machine Learning with Python’ program will learn the foundations of ML and AI, from data handling to neural networks, with support from an IDSS Teaching Assistant.

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New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations
MIT News | December 15, 2025

A new technique developed by IDSS affiliate Tamara Broderick can help scientists in economics, public health, and other fields understand whether to trust the results of their experiments.

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