Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship celebrates 50 years
New cohort of fellows to carry on humanitarian tradition at MIT.
Helen Elaine Lee and Emma Teng to head SHASS academic units
Dean Deborah Fitzgerald announces leadership appointments in Women's and Gender Studies and Global Studies and Languages.
Sleuthing the Glaser Codex at MIT
Michael Cuthbert and Theresa Zammit Lupi examine medieval chant manuscripts in MIT's Lewis Music Library.
3 Questions: Marcia Bartusiak on black holes and the history of science
MIT professor’s new book explores the winding path of scientific discovery.
Passage from India
New book details how Kenya’s Indian immigrants established a foothold in a foreign land.
3 Questions: Melissa Nobles on advancing racial and restorative justice
Head of political science at MIT says understanding the past is a source for social innovation in our own time.
Michael Collins: “I could have been the last person to walk on the moon”
Apollo 11 astronaut speaks at MIT about his experiences leading up to the first moon landing.
Fitzgerald to step down as dean of SHASS
After nine years, dean will return to her position as a professor of the history of technology.
Keeping score
Newly tenured professor Michael Cuthbert dives into old music to recreate the art of centuries past.
The art and science of letterlocking
MIT Libraries’ conservator shares historic letterlocking techniques