Report: How interactive documentaries represent a new form of innovation in digital journalism
MIT report represents the first thorough mapping of the ongoing convergence between interactive and participatory practices within digital journalism.
Q&A: Chappell Lawson on the MIT International Policy Lab
IPL faculty lead describes the project's origins and invites proposals for lab-funded policy research projects.
Designing virtual identities for empowerment and social change
D. Fox Harrell receives $1.35 million in grant funding to advance research at the intersection of social science and digital technology.
3 Questions: Sherry Turkle on “Reclaiming Conversation”
MIT professor talks about our need for face-to-face dialogue, in families, classrooms, and workplaces.
MIT Libraries explore 17th-century postal archive in "Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered"
2,600 recently rediscovered early modern letters to be analyzed in groundbreaking international digital humanities project.
MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for social sciences
Times Higher Education ranks MIT’s social sciences the best in the world.
MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative
New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.
3Q: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf PhD '81 on the role of political science in solving global issues
Wolf will be on campus this month for events to honor the 50th anniversary of MIT's Department of Political Science.
3Q: Thomas Levenson on the hunt for Vulcan, the missing planet
New book details the scientific search for a planet — before Albert Einstein halted the quest.
Empowering students in Sri Lanka to form mobile-app startups
MIT Global Startup Labs program leads to student-founded startups 4Axis Solutions and PayMedia.
Grad students honor caring faculty through Committed to Caring (C2C) Awards
Celebration of “above and beyond” support enters second year.
$1 million gift launches Distinguished Arts Program at MIT
Gift from philanthropist and entrepreneur Dasha Zhukova will support the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology.