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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.
MIT technology powers new, accessible climate solutions simulator
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Online interface simulates 100 years of energy, land and climate data in less than one second to identify solutions to limit warming to within 2 degrees Celsius by 2100
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.
bKash Founder and CEO on the Transformative Impact of Financial Inclusion
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Kamal Quadir, MBA ’05, spoke with students, faculty, and alumni at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship in March.
Brazil Teams Up with Sloanies to Combat Retirement Crisis
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In late January, Brazil launched the RendA+ treasury bond instrument, a new retirement security adapted from the work of School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance and Nobel Prize in Economics laureate Robert C. Merton, PhD ’70, and Arun Muralidhar, PhD ’92.
Transforming China’s Fintech Innovation Ecosystem
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Chi-Won Yoon, SB ’82, SM ’86, recently met with students in China Lab, an Action Learning course, to discuss the future of fintech and cryptocurrencies in China.
TravlerPack Travels Back to Cambridge
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Many of the MIT alumni who created the TravlerPack sleeping bag for Syrian refugees, including Sloanie Vick Liu, SB ’20, will return to campus for a special in-person ceremony celebrating the Classes of 2020 and 2021.