MIT economist Nancy Rose to take Department of Justice position
Expert in regulation and market competition will take leave to spearhead DOJ’s economic analysis.
Study: Contrary to image, city politicians do adapt to voters
Urban politicians in the U.S. are responsive to voters’ views, regardless of the form of government.
3 Questions: Kenneth Oye on the regulation of genetic engineering
Political scientist discusses regulatory gaps in assessing the impact of “gene drives.”
Preventing mosquito-borne disease
MIT-Brazil Program interns collaborate on platform that optimizes mosquito control in Brazil.
Time to rethink foreign policy?
In a new book, political scientist Barry Posen makes the case for a more limited U.S. military strategy.
Coco Fusco joins SHASS as an MLK Visiting Scholar for 2014-15
Acclaimed interdisciplinary artist and writer will serve in CMS/W.
MIT chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honor society inducts 89 students
Graduating seniors personify the very best of humanities and sciences scholarship.
AMPS wins New England Emmy Award for “Awakening”
Documentary on music by Jamshied Sharifi ’83 was commissioned to honor the Arab Spring.
From contemporary syntax to human language’s deep origins
New paper amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.
Resonating MIT
Exploring the sounds of campus with visiting artists Scanner, Stephen Vitiello, and Either/Or
MIT graduates urged: “Solve the unsolvable!”
“Many of tomorrow’s problems are going to be solved by you,” DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman tells 2014 grads.
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the graduates
"Rebuild the engine of society until it delivers the kind of performance we expect from ourselves at MIT," president tells the Class of 2014.
Slideshow: 2014 doctoral hooding ceremony
Advanced degree candidates receive their doctoral hoods in advance of Commencement.
SHASS announces the 2014 Levitan Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Honor recognizes nine outstanding teachers nominated by students.