Reframing the first-generation academic experience
First-gen MIT graduate students are claiming their identity, forming community, and holding space for one another.
Meet the 2022-23 Accenture Fellows
This year's fellows will work across research areas including telemonitoring, human-computer interactions, operations research, AI-mediated socialization, and chemical transformations.
Holding space for tough topics
Michael Birnbaum has been recognized as Committed to Caring for his wide-reaching support of students and his departmental leadership.
Looking beyond “technology for technology’s sake”
Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field.
Lessons in innovation based on values of the Cherokee Nation
At an MIT event, speakers profiled four Cherokee innovators and traced their success back to the communal and egalitarian culture they came from.
Celebrating “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at MIT
During a special screening of the latest Marvel Studios production, students shared their enthusiasm at seeing MIT on the big screen.
Celebrating diversity in student cultural and linguistic backgrounds at MIT
Some 70 students enjoy "Heritage Meets Heritage" event.
Machinery of the state
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
Uncovering the rich connections between South Asia and MIT
Showcased in a new exhibit, student research explores the long history of South Asians at the Institute.
Nonabah Lane, Navajo educator and environmental sustainability specialist with numerous ties to MIT, dies at 46
Lane leaves a lasting legacy at the Institute and on tribal communities around the country.
“Ballet des Porcelaines” at MIT
A contemporary reinterpretation of an 18th century ballet reveals the fragility of orientalist fantasies.
Video on the record
MIT’s inaugural Bearing Witness, Seeking Justice conference explores video’s role in the struggle over truth and civil liberties.
Exploring education from all angles
Senior David Spicer advocates for students at MIT and beyond as he cultivates his interest in education policy.
Community members greet MIT’s 18th president
With donuts and cider in hand, students, faculty, and staff gathered on Hockfield Court to speak with President-elect Sally Kornbluth and celebrate her appointment.
Frank Sidney Jones, professor emeritus of urban affairs, dies at 93
The first African American to receive tenure at MIT, Jones championed greater diversity and inclusion at the Institute and beyond.