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MIT Sloan launches the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Finance
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Available on the edX platform, the program offers individuals an opportunity to enhance their financial skill set or fast-track a master’s degree in finance from MIT Sloan.
Gamification techniques to improve online teaching and learning
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A new study led by MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew W. Lo finds that borrowing ideas and tools from the gaming community can improve online teaching techniques and improve learning outcomes for students.
Miriam Pozen Prize for outstanding contributions to financial policy
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The $200,000 prize, the first ever awarded by MIT in the area of financial policy, will be given biennially starting in the spring of 2020.
2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review Conference
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Annual Reviews, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) and NYU Stern will convene to present new review articles focused on the 2008 financial crisis.
Studying How Low-Wage Women Navigate Unemployment
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How to women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.
Solving “Stage Fright”
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An MIT Sloan alumnus and faculty member collaborate on a research project to see if an app can lessen unease around public speaking in middle- and high school students.
IWER Faculty Members Win Seed Grants to Explore Impacts of Generative AI
Three members of the faculty of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) have received seed grants from MIT to produce papers exploring some of the societal impacts of generative artificial intelligence.
Fostering Economic Mobility Through Good Jobs
The September 2023 issue of the IWER newsletter "Fostering Economic Mobility Through Good Jobs," is now available online.
Identifying the U.S. Locations that Most Facilitate Cross-Class Mingling
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Hint: They Involve food.