MIT Press announces new initiative to increase the reach of academic scholarship
Shift+OPEN will flip existing subscription-based journals to a diamond open access publishing model.
A whole new world of learning via MIT OpenCourseWare videos
“I get the chance to not only watch the future happen, but I can actually be a part of it and create it,” says Ugandan entrepreneur Emmanuel Kasigazi.
“Drawing Together” is awarded Norman B. Leventhal City Prize
Winning project supports collaboration between public housing residents in New York City and a local nonprofit offering training for work in the digital economy.
Christopher Capozzola named senior associate dean for open learning
Distinguished professor and public history advocate will oversee open education offerings and campus-focused services.
MIT Press opens full list of 2022 monographs via Direct to Open
Eighty scholarly monographs and edited collections partially funded by libraries participating in MIT Press’s Direct to Open model will publish openly this year.
MIT Libraries staff honored with 2022 Infinite Mile Awards
Seventeen staffers lauded for providing outstanding service, supporting their colleagues, and exemplifying the Libraries’ values.
The sound of a sunset
The Digital Humanities Lab unveils its Sonification Toolkit, which enables conversion of almost anything — from data to drawings — into sound.
MIT Libraries digitizes materials from Mary Rowe
Papers from MIT’s former ombudsperson provide an important resource on the beginning of the organizational ombuds profession.
Networking on a global scale
MISTI Career Conversations virtual lunch series sees MIT students explore environmental, social, and governance initiatives in a global context across three key sectors.
3 Questions: An anthropologist and a filmmaker on working-class lives in Chicago
A storytelling project by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel explores the social impacts of late 20th century deindustrialization.
Data flow’s decisive role on the global stage
New research by political science PhD candidate Meicen Sun illuminates the broad economic and political impacts of internet restrictions.
Online hub for research and teaching brings digital humanities to the fore
Virtual collaboration sessions connect faculty and researchers to new tools, resources, and each other.
Ceasar McDowell named associate director of MIT Center for Constructive Communication
McDowell will head civic design at new center, maintain leadership role at Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
MIT Press launches open access collection of 34 classic architecture and urban studies titles
An unprecedented digitization program makes out-of-print works available as e-books for the first time.
The MIT Press launches MIT Open Publishing Services
New publishing model provides unique and timely solutions to the production, curation, and preservation of knowledge.