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2025
Arjav Shah awarded MIT Kuo Sharper Center fellowship
December 2, 2025
The Harvest Box program connects students with local farm and fresh food
November 25, 2025
Harvesting watering in arid regions using ultrasonic waves
November 18, 2025
Rohit Karnik and Eric Verploegen featured on podcast
November 17, 2025
J-WAFS PI connects students to agriculture through urban farming
November 13, 2025
MIT senior combats plastic waste with fish scales
November 12, 2025
J-WAFS researchers use computer vision algorithms to monitor animal populations
November 3, 2025
MIT Farming Initiative connects the community through fresh food
October 16, 2025
J-WAFS PI awarded for innovative ecological research
October 15, 2025
Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutrition
October 14, 2025
MIT postdoc reshapes the future of fertilizer
October 14, 2025
J-WAFS PI finds a new way to quickly assess quality of materials
October 14, 2025
New hybrid ammonia to drastically reduce greenhouse emissions
October 8, 2025
Rohit Karnik publishes paper on new palladium membranes
October 8, 2025
Matt Shoulders named new head of Chemistry department
October 6, 2025
Founder of BRICS Lab answers questions on tackling global challenges
September 30, 2025
CoolVeg clay pot cooler training program impacts 35,000 households
September 26, 2025
The Jameel Index featured in Bloomberg
September 26, 2025
Nine MIT students take on the toughest climate challenges
September 26, 2025
MIT researchers use mucus to attack Salmonella and other bacterias
September 25, 2025
J-WAFS researchers win 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair
September 22, 2025
Students returning from Stockholm's World Water Week share their insights
September 19, 2025
Terra Oleo's new oil-production method to supersede palm oil plants
September 17, 2025
J-WAFS PIs use hydrogels for water and food applications
September 10, 2025
J-WAFS welcomes new executive director
September 4, 2025
J-WAFS Community Spotlight on Victoria Chen
August 21, 2025
New paper from past J-WAFS PI could shift carbon sink projections
August 18, 2025
MIT researchers design a new way to combat nutrient deficiencies
August 13, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI John Hart leads new manufacturing initiative
August 13, 2025
MIT researchers observe "salt creeping" phenomenon at a single-crystal scope
July 30, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI discusses the need for local climate models
July 10, 2025
J-WAFS founding director John Lienhard featured in new video
July 10, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI explores impact of common fertilizer element in new study
July 7, 2025
Jon Bessette joins the 2025 Activate Fellows cohort
July 7, 2025
J-WAFS Grand Challenge grantees publish new paper
July 7, 2025
J-WAFS founding director John Lienhard elected honorary member of ASME
July 6, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI works to deliver transformative climate solutions
June 26, 2025
The FACT Alliance, led by J-WAFS, launches the Jameel Index at Oxford
June 17, 2025
MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow writes about farming challenges in Illinois
June 16, 2025
Many of ESI's central functions will become part of MIT's Climate Project
June 13, 2025
J-WAFS awards 11th round of seed grants to cohort of ten MIT faculty
June 11, 2025
J-WAFS PI develops window-sized panel that converts water vapor into drinking water
June 11, 2025
The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability
June 5, 2025
MIT spinout offers an alternative to traditional agricultural aviation
June 5, 2025
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative director reflects on program’s closure
June 5, 2025
J-WAFS PI featured on MITEI's "What if it works?" podcast
June 4, 2025
MIT researchers develop modeling framework to assess impacts on croplands across the U.S.
June 4, 2025
J-WAFS announces 2025 Travel Grantees to attend World Water Week
June 2, 2025
MIT ESI Journalism Fellow reports on ownership of Illinois farmland
June 1, 2025
J-WAFS celebrates ten years of water and food research at a special anniversary event
May 29, 2025
J-WAFS' 10th anniversary summarized by Community Jameel
May 22, 2025
John Lienhard describes how J-WAFS transformed from an idea to a program
May 22, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI develops method to extend shelf life of harvested plants
May 21, 2025
Dairy farmers are exploring climate-smart practices and funding opportunities
May 20, 2025
The MIT African Students Association (ASA) Impact Fund works with farmers in African nations
May 19, 2025
J-WAFS spinout develops innovative evaporative cooling chambers that will reduce farmers' food waste
May 14, 2025
J-WAFS celebrates a decade of launching real-world solutions for global water and food challenges
May 6, 2025
Former MIT researcher's startup helps farmers grow plant-based feed and fertilizer using wastewater
May 6, 2025
MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions for 2025 – 2026
May 5, 2025
10 years of translating MIT research into real-world results
May 5, 2025
The Legacy of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
May 1, 2025
J-WAFS PI develops a method to sustainably and precisely deliver substances to plants
April 29, 2025
Three MIT startups are addressing the global waste challenge
April 23, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI discusses his solar-powered desalination system on WBUR
April 23, 2025
Kripa Varanasi named faculty director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
April 22, 2025
SiTration, a J-WAFS spinout, celebrates the opening of its new R&D and pilot facility
April 17, 2025
MIT ESI Journalism Fellow Paul Ruffins highlights Maryland’s leadership in food composting
April 11, 2025
J-WAFS celebrates a decade of student engagement
April 10, 2025
MIT Anthropology publishes a video featuring two J-WAFS PIs
April 4, 2025
Past J-WAFS fellow recognized for her impactful contributions to the water sector
April 3, 2025
J-WAFS PI appointed director of MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory
April 2, 2025
Changes in the twilight zone's food web could negatively impact tuna and swordfish fisheries
April 1, 2025
J-WAFS PI publishes new paper on metamaterials
March 27, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow
March 27, 2025
J-WAFS spinout AgZen significantly decreases agricultural runoff at a low cost
March 25, 2025
Using Geographic Information Science to map the intersection of mining, glaciers, and communities
March 19, 2025
AI is being implemented to produce healthy, affordable, and resilient food
March 19, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI collaborates with local communities to develop sustainable plastic alternatives
March 13, 2025
Reflections on 10 years of J-WAFS research impact
March 12, 2025
J-WAFS supports interdisciplinary research that could launch a new approach to making agriculture more productive
March 12, 2025
J-WAFS progresses research from seed stage to commercialization
March 6, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI's study reports significant recovery of the Antarctic ozone layer
March 5, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI Evelyn Wang is appointed inaugural vice president for climate
March 3, 2025
Rohit Karnik is named the new director of J-WAFS
February 28, 2025
Professor Lydia Bourouiba researches how raindrops disrupt watery surfaces
February 21, 2025
Two J-WAFS PIs named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
February 20, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI and longtime friend of J-WAFS passes away at 84
February 20, 2025
MIT climate podcast unpacks the connection between food distribution and the use of fossil fuels
February 20, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
February 19, 2025
J-WAFS celebrates 10th anniversary of supporting water and food research across MIT
February 19, 2025
Pivot Bio uses engineered microbes to produce nitrogen on farms across the U.S
February 13, 2025
MIT alum's nonprofit implements water treatment centers across Ghana
February 12, 2025
J-WAFS PI studies nitrogen cycling in marine microbes and how it impacts climate change
February 6, 2025
J-WAFS 10th anniversary faculty spotlight: Assistant Professor Sara Beery
February 6, 2025
J-WAFS at 10
February 3, 2025
MIT spinout reduces industrial wastewater through recycling, treatment, and purification
January 30, 2025