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MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini (left) meets author Margot Lee Shetterly at an MIT screening of "Hidden Figures."

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."

January 17, 2017

Timothy Hyde, architectural historian and associate professor in the History, Theory, and Criticism (HTC) section of the MIT Department of Architecture.

House rules

Research shows how rebuilding Britain’s Houses of Parliament in the 1800s helped create clean-air laws.

January 12, 2017

"Hidden Figures" author and producer Margot Lee Shetterly fields a question at the MIT pre-release screening of the film based on her book. MIT Museum Director of Collections Deborah Douglas (left) and Institute Professor Sheila Widnall were also on the post-screening discussion panel.

"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.

December 22, 2016

The 1960s were “a heady time for the nation,” recalled civil rights activist Janet Moses, left, at a luncheon celebrating “Activism in the Era of MLK.” Topper Carew, middle, a filmmaker originally from Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood and a principal investigator at MIT’s Media Lab, was also on the panel led by Institute Community and Equity Officer Edmund Bertschinger, right.

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Veterans of civil rights movement urge students to join ongoing battle against injustice.

December 15, 2016

MIT Professor Bruce Mazlish in his study, 2007

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.

December 6, 2016

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.

December 6, 2016

Professor Mark Jarzombek (right) discusses curriculum issues with other architectural historians and university instructors at an annual meeting of the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.

School of Architecture and Planning receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon Foundation

Grant continues support for the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.

November 30, 2016

Rothschild’s great-grandfather, David (standing, third from left), is pictured here before the war with his siblings and father Joseph. During the Holocaust, David was imprisoned at Buchenwald, and several siblings were killed or imprisoned, including Joseph, who was murdered at Auschwitz.

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.

November 17, 2016

Top row: Sana Aiyar, Catherine Clark, Sasha Costanza-Chock. Middle row, Amy Finkelstein, Deborah Fitzgerald, Daniel Hidalgo. Bottom row: Justin Khoo, Bradford Skow, Craig Wilder

Nine SHASS faculty members awarded named professorships

Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.

November 10, 2016

The term “wild,” is receiving renewed attention from academics and popular authors alike. MIT historian Harriet Ritvo notes that even those who are critical of the term employ it frequently, and that most of us remain uncertain of the word's conceptual parameters.

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.

November 4, 2016

Rendering of United States filled up as thousands of people

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

Pioneering women of science, tech, engineering, and math represented in the MIT Libraries' collections include: Ada Lovelace, Alice Ball, Hertha Ayrton, Marie Curie, Mary Somerville, Rachel Carson, Emelie du Chatelet, Caroline Herschel, Maria Agnesi, and Maria Mitchell.

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.

October 11, 2016

“Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line,” published by HarperCollins, and written by Heather Hendershot, professor of film and media in MIT’s Comparative Media Studies/Writing program.

Changing the face of conservatism in the U.S.

New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”

October 4, 2016

Randomly assigned to tables of 10, participants at an open forum engaged in extended conversations about values, sources of intolerance, and ways to help MIT sustain an inclusive community during a time of social tension.

At open forum, MIT community discusses recent U.S. tragedies

More than 600 attend event emphasizing commitment to “stand together against injustice, intolerance, and hatred.”

July 14, 2016

Unlocking the past with the future of imaging

New grants help MIT Libraries, DMSE, and CSAIL push the boundaries of examining artifacts.

July 7, 2016

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