Featured video: On alien typos and self-care, in conversation with Seth Meyers | MIT News

Grad student Jonny Sun jokes on late-night TV about his alien persona and the unique challenges of working on a PhD while creating a graphic novel.

MIT News Office • mit
May 3, 2018 ~2 min

3Q: Alan Lightman on science, religion, and our yearning for absolute knowledge | MIT News

New book, “Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine,” examines the tensions between belief and knowing.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 27, 2018 ~6 min


Making landmark texts in architecture and urban studies accessible to the world | MIT News

National Endowment for the Humanties-Mellon Foundation Open Book Program grant will support the digitization and open accessibility of key MIT Press titles.

MIT Press • mit
April 27, 2018 ~4 min

3Q: John Heywood on the future of the internal combustion engine | MIT News

Professor of mechanical engineering explains the importance of advancing internal combustion engines and offers his take on recent EPA rollbacks.

Mary Beth O'Leary | Mechanical engineering • mit
April 18, 2018 ~6 min

When going green is not black and white | MIT News

In a new book, MIT professor Yossi Sheffi examines the trade-offs companies face when grappling with sustainability issues.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 17, 2018 ~7 min

A magician’s imperial mission | MIT News

MIT scholar’s book illuminates how magic became a tool for Western “reason” — and helped form the field of anthropology.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
March 27, 2018 ~7 min

“American Panda,” set on MIT campus, explores cultural stereotypes | MIT News

New novel set by dentist-turned-writer Gloria Chao ’08 reveals the protagonist's struggles between Taiwanese and American cultural values.

Nancy DuVergne Smith | MIT Alumni Association • mit
Feb. 19, 2018 ~4 min

Cornel West advocates the “examined life” on campus | MIT News

In MIT talk, prominent philosopher urges self-reflection to keep academic institutions vital and fair.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 9, 2018 ~10 min


When numbers started counting | MIT News

New book by MIT assistant professor chronicles the birth of statistical arguments in public debate.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 5, 2018 ~7 min

China's new engagement with the developing world | MIT News

MIT Research Scientist Eric Heginbotham co-authors book that serves as guide for policymakers and academics, tracking important shifts in China’s diplomacy.

MIT Center for International Studies • mit
Jan. 31, 2018 ~4 min

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