Can you feel me now?
New array measures vibrations across the skin, may help engineers design optimal, wearable tactile displays.
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Using literature to understand violence against blacks
MIT professor Sandy Alexandre studies the literary record to shed light on the history of lynching in the United States.
Exploring a breakdown in communication
Study reveals linguistic deficits behind autistic children’s difficulties understanding other people.
MIT faculty reflect on accomplishments, challenges in area of faculty equity
Professors Wesley L. Harris, Barbara Liskov assess the state of faculty-diversity efforts at the Institute.
OCW supports independent study for N.J. high school students
Wired New Jersey principal uses MIT OpenCourseWare to expand educational opportunities
Students have engineering on the brain
MIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research.
Four professors named 2013 MacVicar Fellows
Griffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
How numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference brings professionals and statistics-savvy fans together to study the games people play.
Exploring the brain, and the world
Brain and cognitive sciences major Joy Ekuta researches, learns and teaches her way around the globe.
How human language could have evolved from birdsong
Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.
Hard times in Chicago
MIT anthropologist’s new book recounts the painful aftermath when steel plants suddenly closed in the American heartland.
Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowships
Deadline for applications is February 28.