MIT Federal Credit Union embraces the Read with Malcolm initiative
Brian Ducharme reads to students at Morse Elementary and hands out copies of Malcolm Mitchell’s book “The Magician’s Hat.”
Times Higher Education names MIT No. 2 university worldwide for the arts and humanities
Schools of Architecture and Planning; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and several centers are home to the arts and humanities at MIT.
A.R. Gurney, acclaimed playwright, author, and longtime MIT professor, dies at 86
An MIT humanities and literature faculty member for 36 years, Gurney was known as an outstanding teacher and inspiring mentor.
![“It really matters how adults think and talk about what it means to be a child,” says literature professor Marah Gubar, noting that childhood “is not just biological; it’s also a social and cultural matter, so it changes over time, across cultures, and in different [social] classes.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201607/MIT-Marah-Gubar-A1-press.jpg?itok=rU11JFzx)
Your child, the literary talent
Literature professor Marah Gubar studies the creative powers of kids.
Powered by literature on her way toward an MD
Senior Cara Lai cites MIT Literature studies as key to her preparation for medical practice.
Julie Shah, Sandy Alexandre receive campus houseteam appointments
Shah named head of house after serving as Sidney Pacific associate housemaster; Alexandre joins East Campus as associate head of house.