Empowering women in Afghanistan
By placing some women in local leadership positions, an innovative development aid program integrates women into civic life, and may have economic benefits.
By placing some women in local leadership positions, an innovative development aid program integrates women into civic life, and may have economic benefits.
Graduate student Rafael Nonato travels to the fringes of the Amazon rainforest to explore the Brazilian native language of the Kĩsêdjê.
MIT historian’s new book studies cross-cultural Asian-American families since the 19th century.
New quasi-experimental research finds major impact of coal emissions on health.
Study shows ethnic-based distribution of goods in African politics is not continuous, but instead intermittent and limited in scope.
The $25,000 award supports innovative scholarship
In a new book, journalist and MIT fellow Christian Caryl recounts the epoch-shaping political, religious and economic upheavals launched in the year 1979.
Multifaceted Associate Professor Jay Scheib named director of the Theater Arts Department
WGBH Boston/Channel 2 airs 'Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music'
MIT professor’s book digs into the eclectic, textually linked reading choices of people in medieval London.
Research by PhD student Stefanie Stantcheva touches on taxation, student loans and education incentives.
MIT political science professor examines ways societies confront histories of racial and ethnic injustice
MIT professor Sandy Alexandre studies the literary record to shed light on the history of lynching in the United States.