Study unearths Britain’s first speech therapists

On International Stammering Awareness Day (22 October), a new study reveals that Britain’s first speech therapists emerged at least a century earlier than previously thought.

Elizabeth Foyster • cambridge
Oct. 22, 2018 ~7 min

Gauging language proficiency through eye movement | MIT News

Study tracks eye movement to determine how well people understand English as a foreign language.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 22, 2018 ~6 min


J-WEL names spring 2018 grant recipients | MIT News

Education Innovation Grant program for pK-12 and higher education awards $400,000 to MIT faculty to support education innovation both at MIT and globally.

Danielle Pagano | Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) • mit
May 7, 2018 ~7 min

Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students | MIT News

MIT’s Committed to Caring Award selects third slate of dedicated professors.

Office of Graduate Education • mit
April 24, 2018 ~8 min

Institute Professor Emeritus Morris Halle, innovative and influential linguist, dies at 94 | MIT News

Scholar conducted groundbreaking research, helped found MIT’s linguistics program, and inspired generations of students.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 3, 2018 ~13 min

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings | MIT News

MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.

Stephanie Eich | Resource Development • mit
Feb. 28, 2018 ~1 min

The writing on the wall | MIT News

Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2018 ~7 min

SHASS Research Fund names 10 recipients for 2018 | MIT News

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Jan. 3, 2018 ~6 min


MIT-Haiti, Google team up to boost education in Kreyòl | MIT News

Institute-led effort to create STEM lexicon is now available for global translation.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 30, 2017 ~6 min

Times Higher Education names MIT No. 2 university worldwide for the arts and humanities | MIT News

Schools of Architecture and Planning; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and several centers are home to the arts and humanities at MIT.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Sept. 18, 2017 ~3 min

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