Equity and inclusion

“One of our tasks for 2018 is to figure out how to leverage all of this momentum and to build and maintain this very powerful network of data scientists, activists, and organizers,” said MIT mathematics graduate student Lucas Mason-Brown, who organized the recent Data for Black Lives (D4BL) conference, held at the Media Lab.

Calculating the cost of tech-fueled discrimination

Math graduate student’s Data for Black Lives conference provides numbers behind the technologies that enable exclusion.

December 13, 2017

MIT Vice President for Research Maria Zuber and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems emeritus at MIT, engaged in a fireside chat at the C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium, discussing technology, policy, and the importance of women's leadership in STEM fields.

A bipartisan message of clean energy progress

In the face of global challenges, leading women in energy and climate convene at the C3E 2017 Clean Energy Symposium.

December 7, 2017

Paul Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60, a devoted leader at MIT whose lifetime career at the Institute included turns as a student, professor, dean of engineering, associate provost, chancellor, president, and MIT Corporation chair, died September 18th at his home in Concord, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.

MIT community gathers to honor Paul Gray

Memorial tribute celebrates former Institute president who cherished “This special place.”

December 4, 2017

Cadence Payne (left) and Alexa Aguilar credit AeroAstro fellowships with allowing them to follow their research interests without constant worry of funding their studies.

AeroAstro announces graduate fellowships for women and other underrepresented students

November 29, 2017

MIT President L. Rafael Reif welcomes family, colleagues, friends, former students, and other associates of the late MIT Institute Professor Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus to a symposium celebrating her life and career.

Celebrating Millie

Symposium commemorates the life and career of pioneering professor and beloved mentor Mildred Dresselhaus.

November 29, 2017

Anita Hill, a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor at MIT, is moderating a series of discussions marking the 45th anniversary of Title IX.

Visiting Professor Anita Hill leads conversations about Title IX

Attorney, author, and civil-rights advocate moderates The Gender/Race Imperative, a series of talks at MIT about equality in education.

November 13, 2017

Woodard is a co-founder of the MIT BoSTEM Scholars Academy. The four-week summer program gives high school students valuable experiences in STEM and aims to put them on the path to MIT and other universities. Woodard worked with his co-founder Javier Weddington to raise $18,000 to fund the program, which debuted the summer of 2017 and will continue in the coming summers.

Connecting through conversation

Whether in Cambridge or Shanghai, MIT senior Joshua Charles Woodard seeks to learn from others’ perspectives and challenge his own.

November 1, 2017

Twenty distinguished women were invited to MIT for the 2017 CEE Rising Stars Workshop, a two-day event featuring faculty panels, research presentations, and networking opportunities.

Workshop brings distinguished women to MIT to explore careers in academia

Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars Workshop offers researchers opportunities for networking, career advice, and sharing research results.

October 26, 2017

An interactive map shows the gender diversity in undergraduate classes across MIT on a class-by-class basis.

Mapping gender diversity at MIT

Data visualization map explores two decades of enrollment trends among female students at the Institute.

October 25, 2017

MIT Human Resources administrative assistant Pauline Dowell (far left) competes in the 2017 Blind Sailing World Championship.

Q&A: Respecting employees with disabilities

For National Disability Employment Awareness Month, staff members Pauline Dowell and Nico Lang describe their experiences working at MIT.

October 3, 2017

Shirley Jackson (right) answers a question from the audience at an event recounting her experiences as an MIT student and as a leader in nuclear science and higher education. MIT Professor Paula Hammond (left), head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, led the discussion.

Shirley Jackson speaks about her career and being an agent for change

Professor Paula Hammond talks with MIT Corporation life member about her experiences as an MIT student, research scientist, and university president.

September 29, 2017

Paul Gray was a devoted leader at MIT whose lifetime career at the Institute included turns as a student, professor, dean of engineering, associate provost, chancellor, president, and MIT Corporation chair.

Former MIT President Paul Gray dies at 85 after lifelong career of service and leadership at the Institute

Guided by a passion for teaching, MIT’s 14th president helped steer the Institute through decades of social change.

September 18, 2017

MIT Women in Chemistry members led the second annual Scientist for a Day camp at MIT. Top row (l-r): Amanda Stubbs, Allena Goren, Krysta Dummit, Carly Schissel, Lexie McIsaac, and Jessica Lamb. Second row (l-r): Jessica Carr, Sophie Bertram, Nicole Moody, Kristin Zuromski, Michelle MacLeod, and Anna Ponomarenko

MIT Women in Chemistry hosts second annual Scientist for a Day camp

Middle school girls from the Cambridge area spend an afternoon on campus, participating in hands-on scientific experiments.

September 13, 2017

The MIT Summer Research Program strives to expose high-achieving sophomores, juniors, and seniors to the academic world, to improve the research environment by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities and underserved students in scientific research, and to encourage students to apply for a graduate program at MIT.

MIT Summer Research Programs nurture tomorrow's scientists

Participants take home a piece of MIT.

September 5, 2017

PhD student Tsehai Grell believes the variety of MIT students’ experiences and perspectives is one of the Institute’s greatest qualities. “When you don’t have diversity of thought and experiences, you are missing out on a number of problems and potential solutions, especially in the research lab,” she says.

Expanding the pipeline to graduate school

Outside of the chemistry lab, PhD candidate Tsehai Grell works to make MIT more inclusive for grad students.

August 22, 2017

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