School of Engineering welcomes Sophie Vandebroek as first visiting scholar
Primary focus will be to engage engineering students and peers from across the Institute on the school’s outreach and diversity activities.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
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Merging financial savvy and engineering solutions
Sloan Fellow and world citizen James Fok wants to bring financial technology to the global marketplace.
3Q: Alyce Johnson on upholding the rights of MIT’s transgender community
At MIT, “we are committed to looking after each other,” says interim Institute community and equity officer.
Civil rights in a complex world
Professor Bruno Perreau examines the relationships between personal identity and public institutions.
PKG Summer Series: Documenting, preserving, and sharing Boston’s LGBTQ history
Through the PKG Summer Series, students follow the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade and view archives of early LGBTQ activism in Boston.
Author Édouard Louis examines contexts for violence
The acclaimed writer, whose work has become a cause célèbre in France and beyond, speaks as part of the MIT Global France Seminar series.
Multicultural Programs, LBGT Services moving to new offices in W31
Programs supporting students will be closer to the center of campus.
3Q: Suzy Nelson on protections for transgender students at MIT
The Institute’s nondiscrimination policies will continue to offer vital protections for MIT’s transgender community, says the vice president and dean for student life.
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Future physician-advocate
Senior Hermoon Worku is pursuing a career dedicated to surgery, advocacy, and teaching.
A new fight with old battle lines
Book explores what France’s LGBTQ rights battle says about identity and belonging.
MIT Reads hosts author Janet Mock
Shared reading sparks timely conversation about gender, race, and community.
Bruno Perreau named to the French Academic Palms
Humanities scholar honored with France's highest distinction for academics.
Surrounded by questions
PhD student Nils Wernerfelt deploys the tools of economics to address his many questions about the world.
Libraries launch Institute-wide reading program
MIT Reads invites the entire community for common reading and discussion.