Gender

Brit d’Arbeloff and David Page (both seated) with Page lab postdoc Adrianna San Roman (left) and Sahin Naqvi PhD '19, a former Page lab grad student

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

"Lately I have been trying to think of African history from the perspective of goodness and basic human decency," says Kenda Mutongi, an MIT professor of history. "Of course, conflicts exist, and do a great deal of damage in our lives, and we must confront them — but we must also allow ourselves to appreciate basic goodness and kindness when we see it."

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

MIT grad student Steven Gonzalez is showing that the cloud is neither distant nor ephemeral: It’s a massive system, ubiquitous in daily life, that contains huge amounts of energy, has the potential for environmental disaster, and is operated by an insular community of expert technicians.

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, the Cynthia L. Reed Professor of French Studies at MIT, has been named a chevalier in the French Order of Academic Palms.

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

(From left) Anne McCants, Ina Lipkowitz, and Emma Teng of MIT at the symposium, "Consuming Food, Producing Culture," held at MIT.

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

Sally Haslanger is a professor of philosophy at MIT and director of the program in Women's and Gender Studies.

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

Cancerous lesions of the stomach lining, seen here, occur far more often in men than in women. MIT researchers say that discrepancy is due to the protective effects of estrogen during chronic H. pylori infection.

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

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