3 Questions: Dayna Cunningham on urban planning's role in racial and social justice
Community Innovators Lab will provide hands-on, field-based training to students seeking to address the underlying causes of urban crisis.
Building empathy and sharing wisdom on MIT’s Day of Dialogue
With more than 1,000 participants, daylong event encourages anti-racism conversations in the MIT community.
MIT researchers lead high school educational initiative on quantum computing
“Qubit by Qubit” introduces high school students to quantum computing through a week-long summer camp and a year-long course.
3 Questions: La-Tarri Canty and Jason McKnight on dismantling racism
Co-chairs of MIT’s Day of Dialogue committee share their hopes for the Aug. 5 event.
MindHandHeart announces a record 24 Community Innovation Fund projects
Fund has launched a special summer round to spearhead projects addressing mental health, well-being, and racial justice at MIT.
Raoul Ouedraogo and Michael Owen honored with AFCEA Young 40 Under 40 Awards
Lincoln Laboratory staff members recognized for their innovative contributions to a technical field.
In his element in the chem lab and the kickboxing ring
PhD student Levi Knippel is dedicated to making the Department of Chemistry “a community that everyone wants to be a part of.”
A voice for diversity, equity, and inclusion in civil and environmental engineering
Postdoc Md Sami Hasnine's work has been instrumental in forming CEE’s DEI committee.
Op-ed: International scholars are vital to American innovation and competitiveness
Writing in The New York Times, President Reif says recently rescinded ICE policy reflected “a stark misreading of our national interest.”
LEAH Knox Scholars Program kicks off fourth summer
The science program for local high school students is remote this year, as MIT instructors create at-home lab experiences.
Universities support MIT and Harvard in legal action against ICE visa policy
Multiple institutions have joined effort to block policy that would bar thousands of foreign students.
Studying the cultures of companies
PhD student and “organizational ethnographer” Summer Jackson investigates the complex social hierarchies that govern the way we work.
Biology community holds daylong program to address diversity and inclusion
In honor of #ShutDownSTEM, students, faculty, and staff facilitated virtual discussions to understand and combat anti-Black racism in academia.
