3Q: Collaborating with users to develop accessible designs
An MIT team discusses the pitfalls of “parachute research” and the importance of “sociotechnical” factors.
An MIT team discusses the pitfalls of “parachute research” and the importance of “sociotechnical” factors.
Changes follow new Institute policies on travel, events, and visitors; some large classes to move online.
New book explores the use of blood in political rhetoric, imagery, and activism, and even the politics of blood drives.
Timothy Loh, a HASTS program doctoral student studying deafness, sign language, and technology, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist-in-training.
Historian's research focuses on understanding how visions for social and economic policy are tied to changing ideas about technology.
In overlooked spots on the map, MIT Professor Kate Brown examines the turbulence of the modern world.
Physicists simulate critical “reheating” period that kickstarted the Big Bang in the universe’s first fractions of a second.
Professor’s startup brings millimeter-scale location tracking to factories, ports, and other industrial environments.
How the humanities, arts, and social science fields can help shape the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing — and benefit from advanced computing.
Task force calls for bold public and private action to harness technology for shared prosperity.
Engineer and historian discusses how the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing might integrate technical and humanistic research and education.
“I love teaching,” says PhD student Clare Kim. “It’s not that I’m just imparting knowledge, but I want [my students] to develop a critical way of thinking.”
Award will support research for "A Counter History of Computing in India."
Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness.
Ten top journalists from seven countries will spend an academic year studying at MIT.