Topic
Gender
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Whitehead Institute receives $10 million to study sex chromosomes’ impact on women’s health
Gift establishes the Brit Jepson d’Arbeloff Center on Women's Health.
January 15, 2020 -
3 Questions: Professor Kenda Mutongi on Africa, women, power — and human decency
Mutongi discusses the connection between Kenyan widows and the #MeToo movement, myths of African entrepreneurship, and the wider implications of her research.
January 14, 2020 -
Communities in the cloud
PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist.
June 5, 2019 -
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
October 12, 2016 -
Bruno Perreau named to the French Academic Palms
Humanities scholar honored with France's highest distinction for academics.
October 5, 2016 -
Seeing gender
MIT neuroscientists pinpoint neurons that help primates tell faces apart.
May 8, 2015 -
Letter regarding the release of the Institute Community and Equity Officer's report
February 12, 2015 -
At MIT, food for thought
Symposium uses cuisine to explore immigration, identity, and politics.
February 11, 2015 -
Research reveals a gender gap in the nation’s biology labs
Study of 24 top institutions finds ‘elite’ male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women.
June 30, 2014 -
Study: Attractive men fare best in gaining venture capital
Women, less-attractive men lag in the effort to find financial backing for startups.
March 17, 2014 -
Q&A with MIT philosopher Sally Haslanger
What is ‘natural’ and what is ‘social’?
February 25, 2013 -
Smoother dashboard typefaces might enhance driver safety
AgeLab study suggests ‘humanist’ lettering style is easier for drivers to read quickly.
October 5, 2012 -
Gender spenders
Study suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate.
January 18, 2012 -
Study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer
MIT researchers show how estrogen protects women from the gastric inflammation that can lead to cancer.
July 13, 2011