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MIT Press
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MIT Press, Media Lab launch Knowledge Futures Group
First-of-its kind collaboration will leverage the web’s power to create open, community-sourced access to knowledge.
September 27, 2018 -
"Shark Tank" meets book publishing
The MIT Press will host a Pitchfest competition at this year's Boston Book Festival.
August 17, 2018 -
How Africans developed scientific knowledge of the deadly tsetse fly
New book by MIT Associate Professor Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga explores science in action in Africa.
August 2, 2018 -
Reveling in a complex, unknowable future
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press announce winners of the Journal of Design and Science essay competition.
July 23, 2018 -
MIT to conduct an environmental scan of open source publishing
Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable a landscape analysis and code audit of all known open source authoring and publishing platforms.
June 22, 2018 -
Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is potential new location for School of Architecture and Planning
Historic building would create “design hub” for MIT, with benefits for surrounding community.
June 14, 2018 -
Making landmark texts in architecture and urban studies accessible to the world
National Endowment for the Humanties-Mellon Foundation Open Book Program grant will support the digitization and open accessibility of key MIT Press titles.
April 27, 2018 -
MIT Libraries host Grand Challenges Summit
Experts in information science and scholarly communication convene at MIT to set research agenda.
March 30, 2018 -
“Art teaches us how to disrupt”
Why MIT’s Gediminas Urbonas helped produce a new book about art and public space.
October 5, 2017 -
David Gordon Wilson's lifelong love of the bicycle
MIT emeritus professor, designer, and inventor, is set to release the fourth edition of his popular book, "Bicycling Science," known as the "bike bible."
July 25, 2017 -
MIT convenes ad hoc task force on open access to Institute’s research
Group will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.
July 7, 2017 -
MIT Press teams with Internet Archive and Arcadia to provide access to hundreds of backlist titles
Press' first major digitization endeavor ushers in a new era of access.
May 30, 2017 -
America’s two-track economy
Economist’s new book examines decline of the nation’s middle class.
March 13, 2017 -
MIT Press Bookstore launches new author series
Authors@MIT series features speakers on the cutting edge of timely topics.
February 10, 2017 -
"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.
December 22, 2016 -
MIT Press Bookstore celebrates new home
New location hopes to further engage the MIT and Cambridge communities.
December 5, 2016 -
Libraries launch Institute-wide reading program
MIT Reads invites the entire community for common reading and discussion.
August 19, 2016 -
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch Journal of Design and Science
Journal will offer a new, open-access alternative for academic publishing.
February 24, 2016 -
Sharing best practices for getting published in science
Panel at MIT brings together editors, students, and faculty to discuss diverse aspects of publishing research.
December 17, 2015 -
Frank Urbanowski, director of MIT Press for 27 years, dies at 79
September 21, 2015