Bringing figures in anticolonial politics out of the shadows
MIT historian Sana Aiyar sheds new light on the complexities of independence movements and global migration.
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Two MIT seniors named 2020 Marshall Scholars
Talya Klinger and Steven Truong will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.
Uncovering the role of technology and medicine in deaf and signing worlds
Timothy Loh, a HASTS program doctoral student studying deafness, sign language, and technology, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist-in-training.
Designing humanity’s future in space
The Space Exploration Initiative’s latest research flight explores work and play in microgravity.
3 Questions: Dan Huttenlocher on the formation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
The inaugural dean shares an update on the process of building a college.
Six MIT faculty elected 2019 AAAS Fellows
Baggeroer, Flynn, Harris, Klopfer, Lauffenburger, and Leonard are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
MIT art installation aims to empower a more discerning public
With “In Event of Moon Disaster,” the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality aims to educate the public on deepfakes with an alternative history of the moon landing.
Pop-up pop quiz bowl
More than 100 high school students compete at the inaugural MIT Science Bowl Invitational, hosted by students and sponsored by the School of Science.
New MIT fellowship program aims to improve student access to quality schools
Program to provide leaders of America’s largest school districts, state agencies, and education nonprofits with tools to improve school performance and enrollment.
Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America
To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.
Lamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the future
MIT-Italy helps build supercharged partnerships on campus and across the globe.
New research partnership evaluates innovation in family engagement
Randomized evaluation of the TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform will assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.
Expanding education: From Africa to Cambridge and back again
Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa.
PhD student Marc Aidinoff explores how technology impacts public policy
Historian's research focuses on understanding how visions for social and economic policy are tied to changing ideas about technology.
Times Higher Education ranks MIT No. 1 university worldwide for economics and business for 2020
Top honors awarded to fields in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and in the MIT Sloan School of Management for a second year in a row.