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"The story here is not just about whether people are legally allowed to vote," says Ariel White, "but about whether they are practically able to vote, whether they know they're allowed to vote, and whether they think they have any reason to do so."

3 Questions: Ariel White on the impact of incarceration on voting

The political consequence of even short jail terms is disproportionately pushing African-American voters out of the electorate.

October 28, 2019

“I really think about myself first as a historian of modernity,” says Associate Professor Timothy Hyde. “Architectural history is the particular vehicle that I use to explore the history of modernity.”

Uncovering links between architecture, politics, and society

“Every building is ultimately a compromise” involving many stakeholders, says architectural historian Timothy Hyde.

September 10, 2019

With the IdPrism platform, algorithms encode genetic markers as bits to allow for fast DNA comparisons in forensics. “When Hollywood finds out about this, they’re going to change their scripts,” says Darrell Ricke of the Bioengineering Systems and Technologies Group. “The capabilities are so different from what’s out there.”

Record-breaking DNA comparisons drive fast forensics

Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IdPrism and its award-winning algorithms provide rapid analysis for complex forensic DNA samples.

June 26, 2019

Rahsaan Hall, director of racial justice at the Massachusetts ACLU, delivered the keynote address at the annual MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon.

MLK Luncheon: America’s bank of justice is overdrawn but not bankrupt

Rahsaan Hall of the ACLU’s Massachusetts branch delivers keynote at annual MIT event.

February 15, 2019

Computer scientists from MIT and IPRI propose a new cryptographic system to improve accountability of government surveillance while maintaining enough confidentiality for the police to do their jobs.

Holding law-enforcement accountable for electronic surveillance

CSAIL system encourages government transparency using cryptography on a public log of wiretap requests.

August 8, 2018

After 12 years of service at MIT, Senior Vice President and Secretary of the MIT Corporation R. Gregory Morgan (right) will step down at the end of this year. He will be succeeded by Suzanne Glassburn (left), who has been an attorney in MIT’s Office of the General Counsel since 2008.

Senior Vice President and Corporation Secretary Greg Morgan to retire

Suzanne Glassburn of MIT’s Office of the General Counsel will assume role.

July 30, 2018

“We really need to have some rational way of thinking about telemedicine across state boundaries as well as across national boundaries,” says Amar Gupta.

Removing health care barriers and boundaries

Through transformative use of telemedicine, researcher and instructor Amar Gupta hopes to achieve better, quicker, and less expensive health care for all.

May 22, 2018

“I feel very happy today. The most fabulous gift that I have in my life is to be with my family,” Francisco Rodriguez said at a Dec. 22 press conference in Bellingham Hill Park in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

MIT custodian Francisco Rodriguez released from detention

After more than five months in detention, Rodriguez now awaits asylum appeal.

December 22, 2017

3Q: Institute Professor John Deutch on maintaining US leadership in technological innovation

Putting limits on foreign students or technical publications would be counterproductive, write Deutch and Condoleezza Rice.

December 15, 2017

Catherine Tucker, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management ,and Amalia R. Miller, an economist at the University of Virginia, were motivated to conduct the research because personal genetics is “an area where privacy really, really matters, when you think about how sensitive potentially your genomic data is.” States have adopted privacy laws precisely to ensure that apparent genetic ris...

How privacy policies affect genetic testing

Study: State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested.

December 12, 2017

Anita Hill, a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor at MIT, is moderating a series of discussions marking the 45th anniversary of Title IX.

Visiting Professor Anita Hill leads conversations about Title IX

Attorney, author, and civil-rights advocate moderates The Gender/Race Imperative, a series of talks at MIT about equality in education.

November 13, 2017

“This is not the first time that we have seen anti-immigrant sentiments surge in the U.S.,” said MIT Assistant Professor Justin Steil at a recent MIT Starr Forum, The Fight Over Foreigners: Visas and Immigration in the Trump Era. “Despite the fact that most U.S. residents are descended from either voluntary or involuntary migrants, all the way back to Benjamin Franklin there has been skeptic...

3 Questions: Justin Steil on the Trump administration travel ban

Assistant professor of urban studies and planning argues immigration is good for the U.S. and that President Trump's executive order threatens national security.

July 7, 2017

With peer institutions, MIT files amicus brief against revised travel ban

Ensuring that students and scholars from around the globe can continue to enter the US is vital to universities’ missions, brief argues.

March 31, 2017

Charles Jennings, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research Neurotechnology program.

3Q: US patent office’s ruling on CRISPR

Charles Jennings of MIT’s McGovern Institute discusses the intellectual property dispute over the gene-editing technique.

February 22, 2017

MIT and 16 others file amicus brief concerning executive order restricting travel to US

Universities argue that the ability to welcome students and scholars from all countries is critical to their educational missions.

February 15, 2017

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