Machinery of the state
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
The faculty members will work together to advance the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
“Love of wisdom is the helmsman of life.”
A multidisciplinary team of graduate students helps infuse ethical computing content into MIT’s largest machine learning course.
Philosophy professor brings deep experience in campus leadership to his role as head of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
The MIT composer endows his orchestral works with “unexpected” musical elements, while evoking aspiration, hope, and loss.
New initiative extends the press’ commitment to publishing books by historically underrepresented authors through direct financial support.
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
A unique workshop lets students examine their personal histories as a way to even the playing field between mentors and mentees.
Davis, in conversation with Senior Associate Dean Blanche Staton, fields questions from the MIT community about the current moment of racial reckoning.
How, in the nadir of the Little Ice Age, did the Dutch generate a golden age?
Studying history has made her a better planetary scientist, Minsky says. And studying science has made her a better historian.
Longtime professor played a major role in encouraging MIT to ask new questions that significantly broadened the Institute’s educational mission.
An MIT course arms students with rhetorical weaponry to fight global warming.
Students expand intellectual horizons and leadership skills at dinner-seminars with MIT faculty.