3 Questions: Emma Teng on “China Comes to Tech”
New exhibit delves into history of Chinese students at MIT.
Barnhart establishes working group to monitor potential changes to federal laws, policies
Working group is responsible for helping MIT to respond proactively to any changes that could limit students' access to MIT or their ability to thrive at the Institute.
Joy Buolamwini wins national contest for her work fighting bias in machine learning
Media Lab graduate student selected from over 7,300 entrants, awarded $50,000 scholarship in contest inspired by the film "Hidden Figures."
House rules
Research shows how rebuilding Britain’s Houses of Parliament in the 1800s helped create clean-air laws.
"Hidden Figures" screening, discussion addresses the history of black women at NASA
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
Pick an issue and dive in!
Veterans of civil rights movement urge students to join ongoing battle against injustice.
Professor Emeritus Bruce Mazlish, pioneer in the field of global history, dies at 93
Historian and prolific author served as an MIT professor for more than 50 years.
Arthur Kaledin, professor emeritus of history and American studies, dies at 86
Scholar and noted expert in the life of French diplomat and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville was an acclaimed MIT teacher.
School of Architecture and Planning receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon Foundation
Grant continues support for the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.
The courage to dissent
For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.
Nine SHASS faculty members awarded named professorships
Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.
3Q: Historian Harriet Ritvo on what it means to be "wild"
Scientists, social scientists, and humanists heed the call of the wild at MIT workshop.
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.
Celebrating pioneering women in STEM at the MIT Libraries
For Ada Lovelace Day, a look at 10 women in STEM history from MIT’s rare books collection.
Changing the face of conservatism in the U.S.
New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”