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Using Staffing Platforms to Address Long-Term Care Workforce Shortages During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Beyond

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In this article, MIT Sloan Professor Katherine Kellogg and a team of coauthors describe a project they have been working on involving the use of a specialized online jobs platform to bring new job applicants to open positions at skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemi...

Jul 28, 2020

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Sustainability

Yancan "Lydia" Li believes in the double bottom line.

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Tracey Palmer

Lydia Li is investing in sustainable infrastructure for a clean energy future.

Feb 1, 2021

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Sustainability

Amy Meyer knows the importance of aligning CSR strategy and corporate political engagement

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Tracey Palmer

Amy Meyer is working to get companies to practice responsible political engagement.

Mar 12, 2021

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Sustainability

Kerry Bowie is working to share environmental goods

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Tracey Palmer

With his non-profit Browning the Greenspace, Kerry Bowie (MBA '06) is building a coalition of leaders to diversify the green space.

Oct 2, 2020

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Anna Stansbury Wins 2021 Dissertation Award from Upjohn Institute

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury is the first-prize winner of the Upjohn Institute’s 2021 Dissertation Awards.

Oct 28, 2021

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MIT Libraries Digitize Professional Papers from Mary Rowe

Significant portions of the professional papers donated to the MIT Libraries’ by former MIT ombudsperson Mary P. Rowe (pictured above) have now been digitized, making material about her pioneering work as an ombuds more available to researchers.

Nov 29, 2021

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Sustainability

How Shayna Harris is changing the face of food

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Tracey Palmer

Shayna Harris (MBA '11) has worked for nearly two decades developing sustainable food strategies, leading transformation, and making people’s lives better worldwide.

Jun 16, 2021

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Who Benefits from Internal Hiring?

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Martha Mangelsdorf

Career ladders within organizations are often seen as one way to create opportunities for low-wage workers to move into better-paying jobs. But, in practice, how common is it for low-wage workers in the U.S. to benefit economically from moving to a new job within the same organization?

Dec 3, 2021

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Researching the Needs of a Region's Immigrant Communities During COVID-19

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Dana Mekler

Nathan Arnosti

Nikhil Bhagwat

Three MIT students who took the USA Lab class this past spring say their team project exploring the effects of the pandemic on immigrants in northeast Iowa was an experience they will not soon forget.

Jul 16, 2020