MIT celebrates Women's Entrepreneurship Month
Innovation and entrepreneurship organizations campus-wide celebrate MIT's female entrepreneurs in November.
For Thomas Searles, a passion for people and science at HBCUs and MIT
Physicist and Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar is examining the optical properties of semimetals to understand how light interacts with quantum materials.
Five MIT researchers receive awards from the American Physical Society
William Barletta, Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Katelin Schutz, and Phiala Shanahan honored for contributions to physics.
Activist and scholar Angela Davis addresses racism in MIT webcast
Davis, in conversation with Senior Associate Dean Blanche Staton, fields questions from the MIT community about the current moment of racial reckoning.
Get Out the Vote Fest attracts 1,000 viewers ahead of November election
MIT student groups come together to host “voter mobilization festival” featuring Institute leaders, famed artists, and elected officials.
3 questions: Ariel White on voter rights and the US criminal justice system
MIT political scientist researches voting, race, the legal system, and bureaucratic behavior.
Mentorship program encourages underrepresented graduate applicants in EECS
Program pairs student mentors in electrical engineering and computer science with applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.
Kofi Blake is bringing people together
“There’s no greater feeling than when you’re with all your classmates and they’re having a great time,” says MIT’s senior class president.
3Q: Addressing structural racism in health care as an innovation opportunity
Postdoc Freddy Nguyen, grad student Emre Ergecen, and Visiting Assistant Professor Charles Senteio describe collective actions to tackle health inequities and disparities.
Sheila Widnall: A lifetime exploring the unknown
During 64 years at MIT, the Institute Professor Emerita has been a trailblazer in aerospace and the U.S. military, and a changemaker for women in STEM.
Exploring the lives of MIT pioneers through drama
In researching and writing a new play, undergraduates delved into the rise of several of MIT’s history-making students.
3 Questions: Nancy Hopkins on improving gender equality in academia
Molecular biologist and professor emerita advocates for more inclusive science and advises how to get there.
Milo Phillips-Brown receives inaugural MAC3 Society and Ethics in Computing Research Award
The award supports promising PhD candidates or postdocs conducting interdisciplinary research on the societal and ethical dimensions of computing.
MIT and Indigenous Peoples Day
In an email to the MIT community, President L. Rafael Reif announces that the Institute will change the name of the October holiday.