Music lecturer honored by local jazz community
Prominent musicians, city officials recognize Mark Harvey for his major contributions to the Boston-Cambridge jazz scene.
Duflo, Lander, Lewin to lead spring-semester MITx courses
EdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.
Why some immigrants get citizenship
Study: Country of origin a 'massive disadvantage' for some immigrants, regardless of qualifications.
Why are Japanese cartoons a global hit?
MIT scholar’s new book heralds ‘creative collaboration’ with the masses as the key to anime’s worldwide popularity.
Preserving culture
MIT historian Lerna Ekmekcioglu explores how women preserve Armenian cultural identity.
Hard times in Chicago
MIT anthropologist’s new book recounts the painful aftermath when steel plants suddenly closed in the American heartland.
The high value of water
Study: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.
The natural experimenter
Economist Josh Angrist uses his meticulous methods to find out what makes some schools better than others.
AIAA honors David Mindell for ‘Digital Apollo’
MIT professor’s book earns Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award.
The hidden history of Bengali Harlem
MIT professor’s new book details the overlooked waves of South Asian immigrants to the United States.
President Obama announces intent to appoint Esther Duflo to Global Development Council
MIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council.
Life in BASIC
Nick Montfort and colleagues examine cultural significance of computer code in new book.
The health-insurance markets of the (very near) future
Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.
American Philosophical Association honors Judith Jarvis Thomson
Bestows Quinn Prize for lifelong contributions to philosophy
Historian/physicist David Kaiser wins Physics World’s 'Book of the Year Award'
Kaiser is the head of MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Physics.