Equity and inclusion

3 Questions: Sasha Costanza-Chock on new “#MoreThanCode” report

Study of 188 practitioners distills key recommendations about using technology to advance social justice and the public interest.

August 23, 2018

High school students (l-r) Mikayla Sharrieff, India Skinner, and Bria Snell, whose water purification system won them second place in a NASA technology competition, got a tour of the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel as part of their visit to MIT. The visit was sponsored by AeroAfro, an organization of MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics students.

NASA student competitors honored for persistence

MIT student group welcomes an all-black, all-female team who had been targeted by racist and misogynistic members of an infamous online forum.

August 14, 2018

Joan Ilacqua (left), co-chair of the board of directors for The History Project, leads a group of MIT students through the LGBTQ history of Boston.

PKG Summer Series: Documenting, preserving, and sharing Boston’s LGBTQ history

Through the PKG Summer Series, students follow the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade and view archives of early LGBTQ activism in Boston.

August 3, 2018

Recipients of a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation are (l-r) Radha Mastandrea, Carina Belvin, and Shuo Zhang. Professor Lindley Winslow, who established the grant program, is at right. Not pictured: grant recipient Clara Sousa-Silva.

Paying it forward: Fellowship boosts women in physics

Four students are first beneficiaries of grant program established by Assistant Professor Lindley Winslow with support from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

August 2, 2018

A new way to measure women’s and girls’ empowerment in impact evaluations

Guide developed by J-PAL aims to improve women’s and girls’ empowerment worldwide and reduce bias and other gender-based inequalities.

July 17, 2018

Nancy Hopkins (center) stands with Salvador Luria (left) and David Baltimore at the MIT Cancer Center in the 1980s.

Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT

Initiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.

July 6, 2018

Fraternal twins Miles (left) and Malik (right) George will matriculate at MIT this fall.

Dynamic duo

Incoming first-year students Malik and Miles George double down on their dream of attending MIT.

July 3, 2018

Lydia Villa-Komaroff (center) joins four MIT Summer Research Program students at the Building 68 retreat.

Fighting implicit bias in STEM with increased cognitive control

In a visit with the Department of Biology, Lydia Villa-Komaroff PhD '75 explains how “thinking fast makes changing slow.”

June 25, 2018

Alexa Aguilar is co-president of MIT’s Graduate Women in Aerospace Engineering (GWAE) group. “It's important to me that women have this kind of support and encouragement because I wouldn’t be here without the support of women,” she says.

Networks in aerospace

Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.

June 22, 2018

Members of The Standard gather for a photo before a workshop.

Setting The Standard for excellence

A new program sponsored by the Office of Minority Education and supported by offices across campus is working to advance the success of men of color at MIT.

June 18, 2018