Dwaipayan Banerjee receives 2019 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
Award will support research for "A Counter History of Computing in India."
In cancer research, a winding road to discovery
Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness.
3 Questions: Why are student-athletes amateurs?
MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force.
Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program’s Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award
Award honoring local and regional science journalism will go to a reporting team from the Charleston Post and Courier.
Chernobyl: How bad was it?
A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown.
Undark magazine wins George Polk Award for environmental reporting
Coveted prize, considered among the most prestigious in journalism, was awarded for a global series on air pollution.
Science as a social practice
PhD student Marion Boulicault believes in an interdisciplinary path forward for science, feminism, and philosophy.
Getting serious about food safety
Deborah Blum’s new book explores the unlikely origins of food and drink regulation in the U.S.
How Africans developed scientific knowledge of the deadly tsetse fly
New book by MIT Associate Professor Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga explores science in action in Africa.
Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
Ashley Smart named associate director of the Knight Science Journalism Program
Smart, a senior editor at Physics Today, was a 2015-16 Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
Professor Emeritus Leon Trilling dies at 93
Aeronautical engineer and historian of technology was an esteemed humanistic thinker and advocate for equality.
When numbers started counting
New book by MIT assistant professor chronicles the birth of statistical arguments in public debate.
Energy transition through aesthetics and culture
MIT Energy Initiative seminar examines the role of the humanities, design, and aesthetics in catalyzing a fairer, more diverse energy future.