Heather Paxson named associate dean for faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
In her new role, the professor of anthropology will seek to promote well-being and advancement within the SHASS community.
Q&A: Claire Walsh on how J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises
Since 2020, K-CAI has innovated and tested climate policies in more than 35 countries and supported scale-ups that have reached over 15 million people.
Knight Science Journalism Program launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship
The fellowship will incubate early-career science journalists, providing them with a year of skill-building freelance experience and dedicated mentorship.
Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity
An MIT Values event showcased three women's career journeys and how they are paving the way for the next generation.
A crossroads for computing at MIT
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building will form a new cluster of connectivity across a spectrum of disciplines in computing and artificial intelligence.
MIT-Mexico Program fosters cross-border collaboration
For two decades, MIT-Mexico has funded student internships and teaching, as well as faculty research collaborations.
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024
The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.
Characterizing social networks
A new method to measure homophily in large group interactions offers insights into how groups might interact in the future.
Designing solutions to ensure equity in health care
MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to address social problems.
MIT economics to launch new predoctoral fellowship program
Made possible by an ongoing fundraising initiative, the new program prioritizes building resources for economics faculty research.
Does technology help or hurt employment?
Combing through 35,000 job categories in U.S. census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s effects on job loss and creation.
Most work is new work, long-term study of U.S. census data shows
The majority of U.S. jobs are in occupations that have emerged since 1940, MIT research finds — telling us much about the ways jobs are created and lost.
Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI
The 16 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore generative AI’s impact on privacy, art, drug discovery, aging, and more.
Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments and communities
Extractive industries threaten water, glaciers, and livelihoods, but new research offers hope.
MIT announces financial aid and tuition rates for the 2024–25 academic year
Financial aid increased, more than offsetting a 3.75 percent increase in tuition.