How Will AI and Automation Affect Cities?
The Scalable Cooperation Group at MIT has embarked on a set of research projects that aim to illuminate many facets of the future of work.
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Grantee Profile: Center on Rural Innovation
CORI leverages data analytics and partnerships with tech industry and community leaders to pilot “innovation hubs” in towns with the potential for innovation.
Grantee Profile: Data and Society
Data & Society is a new kind of independent research organization that’s unbound by traditional obligations to academic research institutions and structures.
Grantee Profile: Peer 2 Peer University
The world of open learning has nearly limitless potential for breaking down barriers to entry and making the world’s knowledge available to all. But how can you guarantee that learners feel accomplished and connected in a world mediated by technology, while ensuring that learning feels trustworthy, reliable, and meaningful?
Event Recap: Open Learning at OpenCon
We met the leading minds in “Open” practice from around the world at the fourth OpenCon in Berlin.
Event Recap: Strengthening Relationships Through Feedback
We recently started working with Feedback Labs, an organization dedicated to helping philanthropies, aid organizations, and non-profits learn from their grantees’ feedback and become more responsive to their needs.
Our Next Chapter in “Career Readiness”
In our work to prepare the next generation for rapid digital transformation, SFE spends a lot of time considering what it means to be empowered to make impactful, well-informed decisions about careers.
A New Class of Research Fellows
SFE has supported fellowship programs at two innovative research organizations, the Mozilla Science Lab and Data & Society, with the purpose of furthering detailed, high-level work in both academic and non-academic settings.
What We Mean When We Talk About Computational Thinking
At SFE, we see any shortcomings of explicitly STEM-based programs as an opportunity for growth in the realm of computational thinking.
Reflections: My Path to (and Through) SFE
Thea is currently pursuing her PhD in History of Science at SUNY Stony Brook, and her role at SFE involves defining the theoretical framework for our interest areas and developing metrics to serve as meaningful reflection points throughout the grant cycle.
2016 at Siegel Family Endowment: Build to Last
2016 was a big year at SFE. Learn more about what made it so interesting in our 2016 Annual Story.