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The study and practice of being human

Oct 21, 2024

They see it as an opportunity — and they’ve explicitly told me this — to talk about being human. Why...

Hamsa Balakrishnan appointed associate dean of engineering

Oct 21, 2024

Hamsa Balakrishnan, the William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) at MIT, has been...

Toxic Olympics gender debate emphasises the struggles of cis and trans women athletes

Oct 21, 2024

09 August 2024Getty ImagesThe gender firestorm that has erupted at the Paris Olympics surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khelif only highlights...

When learning at MIT means studying thousands of miles away

Oct 21, 2024

That’s the reasoning behind the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Global Classrooms program. Led by MIT faculty members,...

Educating African mathematicians for sustainability

Oct 21, 2024

When Frank Namugera first heard that the Math4SDG project was looking for PhDs, the mathematics student from Makerere University jumped...

Professor Emeritus Ralph Gakenheimer, mobility planner and champion of international development, dies at 89

Oct 20, 2024

Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT professor emeritus of urban planning, passed away on June 17 in Concord, Massachusetts. A faculty member in...

“The dance between autonomy and affinity creates morality”

Oct 20, 2024

MIT philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew believes individual rights play an important role in protecting the autonomy we value. Mathew...

Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president

Oct 20, 2024

Eight years after Trump beat Hillary Clinton, Harris could be the first female president and the first Black woman to...

Collaborative effort supports an MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat

Oct 20, 2024

But as climate impacts intensify, warm days are often becoming hot days with increased severity and frequency. While the increasing...

Math program promotes global community for at-risk Ukrainian high schoolers

Oct 20, 2024

The program fulfills one of PRIMES’s goals, to expose students to the world community of research mathematics by connecting them...