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Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity

A motion-corrupted MRI scan and a motion-corrected MRI scan placed side-by-side.

MIT researchers combine deep learning and physics to fix motion-corrupted MRI scans

An AI-generated artwork of side-by-side faces with skin colour variations.

How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

A close-up of a pile of assorted pharmaceutical pills and medications.

Opinion: AI alone won’t solve the problem of antibiotic resistance

A series of work by the artist and glassmaker Shani MacLane.

MIT Office of Sustainability

Driving climate conversations with art

A man hits a piñata from which fake pharmaceutical pill bottle fall at a public demonstration.

US health care has been in crisis since Nixon–but J-PAL economist Amy Finkelstein may have found a way to radically disrupt it

A thumbnail of video hosted by Aboul Qomsan, the founder of the Egypt Centre for Women's Rights (ECWR), shared through social media.

Connecting Egyptian women to gender-based violence resources via social media during COVID-19

Street photography of two women walking down a shopping street in Cairo, Egypt.

Using social media to raise awareness of women's resources

An illustration by Cheyenne Oliver of a mother and children cooking in the kitchen.

The Times of India

Cultural capital, kabuli chana and college admissions

Jameel Institute

Ara Darzi: Antibiotic resistance is more frightening than COVID-19

Farmers in Niger constructing demi-lunes

Center for Effective Global Action, University of California Berkeley

Scaling up the impact of rainwater harvesting techniques on small-scale farming in Niger

MIT Jameel World Education Lab welcomes new member Anjuman-I-Islam

Yoky Matsuoka, former Google CTO, and Cynthia Breazeal, dean for digital learning at MIT.

Why MIT dean for digital learning Cynthia Breazeal and 50 over 50 founders say beware of AI ‘hallucination’

Paint pots and paint brushes scattered on the floor.

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Arts activities promote health: An interview with Dr Nisha Sajnani, co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Hands holding an open book on a page reading 'recovery'.

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Les activités artistiques promeuvent la santé

A female teacher stands at a whiteboard instructing other teachers, seated in a classroom.

Egypt Impact Lab

Intensive training courses held in Beni Suef for developing children's public services

Teachers seated at a table listening to the explanation of another teacher, standing.

Egypt Impact Lab

'Al-Tadamun' implements advanced training courses to build the capacity of service providers in Beni Suef nurseries

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Diagnostic Imaging

Mammography-based deep learning model may help detect precancerous changes in high-risk women

Welcome message text next to image of Rohit Karnik, new associate director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab at MIT.

J-WAFS welcomes Rohit Karnik as new associate director

MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering

Understanding and mitigating the impacts of drought under climate change

Children gather around a table and use an educational app to learn to read.

Boston nonprofit develops app to bring literacy education to children in Central America

CT scans of lungs showing what an AI tool called Sybil can detect.

How artificial intelligence is being used to detect and treat cancer, but what are the potential risks for patients?

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

Art works and craft pieces on display for sale.

An exhibition sale produced by the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo diploma students under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture

Cartoon drawing of patients in hospital beds.

The New York Times

We’re already paying for universal health care. Why don’t we have it?

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Andrea Bocelli performs with Clara Barbier Serrano at Lourdes sanctuary in magnificent tribute to Our Lady

Researcher Mathias Kolle works with MIT students studying colour-changing materials.

Colouring outside the lines: A J-WAFS researcher's colour-changing materials

A young boy works on his school work at school.

Center for Global Development

Will raising test scores in developing countries produce more health, wealth and happiness later in life?

COP28 President Designate D. Sultan Al Jaber with UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, US President Joe Biden, His Majesty King Charles III, at a meeting in Windsor, England to discuss unlocking climate finance with a focus on developing economies.

Community Jameel

Community Jameel joins COP28 president-designate in finance climate meetings with King Charles III and President Biden

A digital artwork of DNA protein structures.

Jameel Clinic research develops 'FrameDiff', a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

KFSH&RC and MIT Jameel Clinic collaborate to advance applied AI in healthcare

Scientific American

AI could quickly screen thousands of antibiotics to tackle superbugs

A giraffe enjoys the shade of an acacia tree in Lewa Conservancy, Kenya.

Six questions with Tavneet Suri

Helping developing nations tackle climate change.

Community Jameel

UK and US to rally efforts to help developing nations tackle climate change

Students in a summer youth programme work on a woodwork project.

The Washington Post

How to revitalise summers for teens and young adults

Hisham Atwa, chairman of the Cultural Palaces Authority: Egypt uses cultural activities to thrive

A pink and blue DNA sequence structure.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Jameel Clinic scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research

The face of the singer Andrea Bocelli against a background of the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Lourdes, France.

The Catholic Guide

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Andrea Bocelli to sing in Lourdes on 16 July

Guyo Malicha Roba, head of the Jameel Observatory research centre in Nairobi speaks with CNN Connecting Africa about the role of technology in research for drought preparedness and response.

Jameel Observatory

CNN’s Connecting Africa explores Nairobi’s role as a technology and research hub to combat drought

L'UM6P lance l'école d'été dédiée aux méthodologies du développement

Societies have established various mechanisms to encourage innovation, but there is a need for innovations that improve how governments deliver essential services, such as teaching children math.

Throwing good money after good

Dimitris Bertsimas, faculty lead for entrepreneurship at the MIT Jameel Clinic will talk about the benefits of using artificial intelligence and the changes it will bring, both to our day-to-day lives and in the field of science in Athens in July.

Robot doctors and oenologists

A conductor stands to applause with an orchestra.

The Global Herald

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

WHO 75 healing arts concert, Victoria Hall, Geneva follows launch of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab

The Times of India

Plov: A pulao goes to Samarkand

A row of books.

Hindustan Times

Book Box | The secret lives of banks

In 'An Alternative development agenda for India', Sanjay Kaul presents a transformative, sustainable developmental agenda for India, focusing on seven vital sectors and the systemic issues that plague them.

Government has been counting India’s poor all wrong—it is ad hoc, arbitrary

Graphic illustration of pink germs on a purple background

How to fight antibiotic resistance

Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg / Alamy Stock Photo

A time for work

People gather on 6 May 2020, at a food distribution site in Nairobi. (Max Bearak/The Washington Post)

The Washington Post

Opinion | Cash transfers help more than the individual

Close-up photograph of columns of an MIT campus building.

Harness that resolve - Anjali Sastry, faculty director, MIT J-WEL

Electronic glove developed at the Voxel Lab at MIT

Electronic gloves and even potted plants make music in a playground for sound innovation

A cloud of keywords related to data, water scarcity, food security and climate change in the Horn of Africa.

Jameel Observatory

Jameel Observatory

Data, droughts and food security: Insights from a Kenya datathon

A group of Master's students working together around a laptop.

Empowering change-makers: The DEDP MicroMasters programme expands to include a new Public Policy Track and course

Children in a playground enjoy a counting game.

Teaching at the right level to improve literacy and numeracy

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) hosts a symposium in Paris to celebrate its 20th anniversary

A man hand money to a homeless person seated on the floor in a foot tunnel.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) hosts a symposium in Paris to 20 years of fighting poverty

J-PAL convened researchers, policymakers, social innovators, funders and the general public at the Collège de France on 22-23 June to explore the role of evidence in shaping development and social policy to alleviate poverty across different contexts.

J-PAL hosts colloquium in Paris in celebration of 20 years of fighting against poverty

In their closing remark at J-PAL's 20th anniversary colloquium, Rémy Rioux, chief executive of Agence Française de Développement, discusses the need for innovation in development.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab hosts a seminar in Paris

Esther Duflo, Prix Nobel d’économie: « Il n’existe pas de formule pour rendre un pays prospère »

The Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Fustat, Historic Cairo accepts 20 students annually to train in a two-year training programme in traditional Islamic arts and crafts.

All you need to know about the Jameel House open call for its 15th diploma programme

Esther Duflo addressed attendees, which included researchers, policymakers and financiers, at the J-PAL 20th anniversary colloquium at the Collège de France, Paris.

Pacte financier mondial : « la leçon » du prix Nobel Esther Duflo aux pays riches

Co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Esther Duflo, photographed in Paris on 20 June 2023 ahead of J-PAL's 20th anniversary and President Macron's summit for a new financing pact to combat climate change.

Nobel-winning economist calls for climate tax as carbon costs lives

Second year diploma students work on their graduation woodwork projects at the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo.

Al-Masry Al-Youm

Egypt's Cultural Development Fund announces 15th open call for the Jameel House programme

A second year diploma student at the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo works on their graduation metalwork project.

Open call for applications for the 15th annual Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo programme

The Chandler Foundation is resourcing J-PAL SA to launch a Governance Unit, which will strengthen how the organisation equips leaders and supports governments to adapt evidence-informed policymaking.

The Chandler Foundation

J-PAL South Asia: Evidence-informed policy

Lines of machine learning code overlaid on molecules.

With BioAutoMATED, now every biologist can use machine learning

The United States and France have now established public funds that invest in innovations addressing the needs of poor people, such as innovations to improve the delivery of government services.

Project Syndicate

Throwing good money after good

Noha Mostafa, one of the 2023 J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellows, and assistant lecturer in economics at the University of Cairo.

New J-PAL fellowship helps researchers fight poverty in MENA

A paper cup on a street pavement containing some coins.

Esther Duflo : "On assiste depuis 2019 à une globalisation des problèmes auxquels font face les plus pauvres"

MIT Open Learning

J-WEL migration summit 2023 advances global dialogue on migration

Wallowland (Çamuralem) is Cooking Section's reinterpretation of a Muhallebici (buffalo milk dessert shop) recently opened in Istanbul's Kurtulus neighbourhood.

Hurriyet Daily News

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Muhallebici shop to get taste of city’s wetlands

Tested and trusted AI systems such as MIT Jameel Clinic's Sybil are helping to assess lung cancer risk, the leading cause of cancer death.

Triangle Business Journal

Healthy approach to AI

Selection of the first J-PAL MENA Scholars at the American University in Cairo

The gender disparity in clinical trials has wide implications on women's diagnosis, treatment and its effectiveness.

Male-centric medicine is affecting women’s health

This salty gel could harvest water from desert air

Noha Mostafa, one of six 2023 J-PAL MENA Scholars invited to participate in a programme with J-PAL MENA at The American University in Cairo.

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa

Six J-PAL MENA Fellowship Scholars will receive a two-year stipend to support their time participating in fellowship programme activities, which include working on a randomised evaluation, with mentorship and guidance from J-PAL affiliated professors.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab launches a fellowship programme for emerging researchers in the field of development

The 2023 J-PAL MENA Scholars are Eman Elish, Noha Mostafa, Nouf Abushehab, Reem Alsukait, Yasmine Hassan and Zakaria Mansouri.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab fellowship programme for young researchers in the field of development

Six new J-PAL MENA Scholars will work alongside J-PAL affiliated professors on a randomised evaluation, receive mentorship and become part of the worldwide J-PAL fellowship network.

J-PAL MENA at AUC launches a fellowship programme for young researchers in the development field

Manila Bulletin

Repurpose technology for public good, not just private profit

J-PAL announces its first cohort of six MENA Scholars Fellowship.

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa with support from new fellowship

Guests at the opening of Çamuralem listen to Cooking Sections founders Daniel Pascual Fernández and Alon Schwabe, alongside Anadolu Meadows, Yasemin Kireç and Evrim Çoksözler, discuss the Istanbul wetlands and biodiversity shared the current outputs of their research.

İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Re-opening of Çamuralem Muhallebicisi, designed by Cooking Sections for the 17th Istanbul Biennial

Jameel Institute at Imperial researchers have contributed to an independent inquiry looking at the impacts on UK patients who were given infected blood products.

Imperial College London

Jameel Institute

Jameel Institute experts at Imperial provide economic perspective to the Infected Blood Inquiry

Photograph of Cem Tasan

Embracing life's surprises

Students from the Dearborn STEM Academy in Boston, United States listen to instructions during an Amazon-led workshop where they learn how to program Alexa, the company's virtual assistant, on May 18, 2023

Oye, Alexa, ¿qué deberían aprender los estudiantes sobre la inteligencia artificial?

Four outstanding MIT students were selected to receive the J-WAFS Travel Grant to attend the 2023 'World water week' in Sweden.

J-WAFS announces 2023 Travel Grantees to attend Stockholm World Water Week

A member of the Nudge Institute's 'End ultra poverty' programme standing outside a pig shed managed by her.

The Hindu Business Line

How the graduation approach is helping women out of ultra-poverty

Experts from different fields debate how significant AI's transformation of work and human life will really be.

Al Sharq Al Awsat

Artificial intelligence: Who wins?

Koshari, an Egyptian dish of a rice and brown lentils, with a tomato sauce, a garnish of browned onions and macaroni, descends from the Indian comfort dish, kichdi.

The Times of India

Khichdi to Egyptian koshari, and the magic of food beyond borders

At Yale, scholars and policymakers unite to improve state Medicaid program

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI

Using AI, scientists find a drug that could combat drug-resistant infections

DEDP alumni spotlight: Pursuing research around the world while staying connected to the J-PAL community

Abstract image of emeralds.

Verge Genomics to incorporate Emerald digital health technology into its ALS phase 1b proof-of-concept clinical trial

Six ways MIT is taking action on climate

Julia Cagé et Vincent Pons, Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023

The New York Times

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

How the arts can benefit your mental health (no talent required)

Attendees at the II International Forumon Poverty Reduction held in Tashkent

Review Uzbekistan

Глобальная борьба с бедностью: опыт Узбекистана обсужден на международном Форуме в Ташкенте

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab helps 600m defeat poverty in 20 years

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