Professor Emeritus Leon Trilling dies at 93 | MIT News

Aeronautical engineer and historian of technology was an esteemed humanistic thinker and advocate for equality.

Sarah Jensen | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
May 15, 2018 ~8 min

Addressing bias, inequality, and accessibility in breastfeeding | MIT News

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck hackathon at the Media Lab emphasizes social and political issues over engineering.

MIT Media Lab • mit
May 4, 2018 ~6 min


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

Virtual drug trials boost results | MIT News

Bringing drug trials to the virtual realm, Belinda Tan ’96 has found a way to cut entire process in half.

Julie Barr | MIT Alumni Association • mit
May 1, 2018 ~5 min

3 Questions: Melissa Nobles and Craig Steven Wilder on the MIT and Legacy of Slavery project | MIT News

MIT Community Dialogue series is underway as multi-year research continues.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
April 30, 2018 ~11 min

Building AI systems that make fair decisions | MIT News

Harini Suresh, a PhD student at MIT CSAIL, studies how to make machine learning algorithms more understandable and less biased.

Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
April 24, 2018 ~7 min

Rona Wang, Selam Gano win 2018 De Courtivron Writing Prizes | MIT News

Prizes recognize student writing on topics related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or multi-racial experiences.

Lisa Hickler | Global Studies and Languages • mit
April 6, 2018 ~2 min

Bertschinger to leave post as Institute Community and Equity Officer | MIT News

After five years in novel administrative role, MIT physicist will return to faculty responsibilities.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 4, 2018 ~8 min


This is what a scientist looks like | MIT News

Researchers celebrate women in environmental sciences and engineering at the MIT Museum’s Girls Day.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
April 3, 2018 ~13 min

KSA meeting puts “Spotlight” on region’s diversity issues | MIT News

At annual event, Boston Globe’s Spotlight team discusses its latest investigation into racism in Boston.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
March 30, 2018 ~9 min

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