"Hidden Figures" screening, discussion addresses the history of black women at NASA
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
Veterans of civil rights movement urge students to join ongoing battle against injustice.
Historian and prolific author served as an MIT professor for more than 50 years.
Scholar and noted expert in the life of French diplomat and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville was an acclaimed MIT teacher.
Grant continues support for the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.
For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.
Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.
Scientists, social scientists, and humanists heed the call of the wild at MIT workshop.
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
For Ada Lovelace Day, a look at 10 women in STEM history from MIT’s rare books collection.
New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”
More than 600 attend event emphasizing commitment to “stand together against injustice, intolerance, and hatred.”
New grants help MIT Libraries, DMSE, and CSAIL push the boundaries of examining artifacts.
Students gain insights into early book-making technology and cultural systems by creating paper and a handset printing press from scratch.