At Sustainability Connect 2024, a look at how MIT is decarbonizing its campus
The event featured updates from faculty and staff from across MIT, as well as a panel on communicating climate in the media.
A careful rethinking of the Iraq War
Roger Petersen’s new book details military operations and political dynamics in Iraq, shedding new light on the challenges of state-building.
How cognition changes before dementia hits
Study finds language-processing difficulties are an indicator — in addition to memory loss — of amnestic mild cognitive impairment.
The MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices recipients for 2024
From a scholarly monograph on Haitian language to a feminist history of social media photography, grant recipients bring new perspectives to the world through the MIT Press.
3 Questions: Shaping the future of work in an age of AI
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, faculty co-directors of the new MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, describe why the work matters and what they hope to achieve.
Investigating and preserving Quechua
MIT students studied the Indigenous language during a new Independent Activities Period course to gain exposure and understand the language’s cultural and practical value.
Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholars
The MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Faces of MIT: Lydia Brosnahan
The associate producer shares how arts initiatives bring different departments together in collaboration and community.
A new shepherd’s staff to lead “the flock” during MIT Commencement
Gifted by Professor Lily Tsai, former chair of the faculty, and designed by Professor Brandon Clifford, the staff is a new, integral part of MIT Commencement.
Thirty-five outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2024
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
Play it again, Spirio
A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music.
An MIT philosopher’s call for a civil discussion on gender and sex
In “Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions,” MIT Professor Alex Byrne argues for a return to a more inclusive brand of philosophical inquiry.
3 Questions: Why study theater in a German language class?
Using theatrical expressions of real-life situations, Emily Goodling's students study Germany's artistic response to global events.
Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning
As societies move to cleaner technologies, the MIT senior seeks to make the transition more sustainable and just.
For all humankind
Political science and physics major Leela Fredlund wants to ensure fairness and justice prevail in humanity's leap into space.