Democracy and design
The town of Byblos, in Lebanon, is several thousand years old. Indeed, it may be the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world. But now this ancient settlement is the site of a sleek new...
View ArticleThomas Levenson receives the 2016 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
Thomas Levenson, professor of science writing and director of MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing, has been awarded the James A. (1945) and Ruth Levitan Prize in the Humanities, a $30,000...
View ArticleTen MIT-SHASS Research Fund recipients announced for 2016
The SHASS Research Fund supports MIT research in the humanities, arts, or social sciences that shows promise of making an important contribution to the proposed area of activity. The 10 recipients for...
View ArticleWesley Harris delivers keynote at event honoring Martin Luther King
This article is adapted from a Princeton University news story. Wesley Harris, the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, gave the keynote speech at Princeton...
View ArticleProfessor Stanford Anderson dies at 81
Stanford Anderson, professor of history and architecture and a former head of the Department of Architecture died on Jan. 5. He was 81. One of the country’s leading architectural historians, Anderson...
View ArticleLife in the aftermath
In 1919, an Istanbul resident named Hayganush Mark did something remarkable: She started a magazine. Today, that might not sound extraordinary. But Mark was Armenian. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians...
View ArticlePast and present
The murder of Rubén Jaramillo caused a brief international sensation in 1962. Jaramillo was a veteran of Mexico’s revolution, which lasted from 1910 to 1920. Yet by the 1940s, he had become the leader...
View ArticleBlack student leaders present recommendations for a more inclusive MIT
Members of MIT’s Black Students’ Union (BSU) and the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) believe that at a moment of great national pain around the question of how black and other minority...
View ArticleHow the Tizard Mission paved the way for research at MIT
At the height of World War II, an unlikely group of scientific heroes travelled from Britain to the United States by way of Canada, clinging tightly to Britain’s most prized scientific war-time secret:...
View ArticleIlluminating urban planning
One of the key insights of MIT historian Jennifer Light’s career came when she was a summer intern at the RAND Corporation, the think tank famed for its analysis of Cold War military systems. That...
View ArticleDeborah Fitzgerald receives lifetime achievement award from the Agricultural...
Professor Deborah K. Fitzgerald, former dean of MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (MIT-SHASS), has received the Gladys L. Baker Award from the Agricultural History Society for...
View ArticleMIT Libraries explore 17th-century postal archive in "Signed, Sealed,...
A recently rediscovered trunk containing 2,600 letters sent from France, Spain, and the Spanish Netherlands between 1689 and 1706 will soon provide a fascinating glimpse into the plight of the early...
View ArticleMIT launches three-year collaboration with London’s Soane Museum
The School of Architecture and Planning and the MIT Museum have launched a three-year collaboration with Sir John Soane’s Museum, a museum and library set in the former London home of the 19th-century...
View ArticleTalking about race
Rinku Sen, the president and executive director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation — a group that produces research, media, and initiatives to advance racial equity — spoke on...
View ArticleMIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
On April 25, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 9,000, injuring more than 23,000, and leaving tens of thousands lacking food, shelter, and water. Aftershocks continue to afflict...
View ArticleInnovative humanities MOOC, “Visualizing Japan,” nominated for the Japan Prize
Shigeru Miyagawa, professor of linguistics and the Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture at MIT, has earned a reputation as a leading voice for the use of technology and digital...
View ArticleMIT observes Constitution Day 2015
MIT is among many educational institutions that observe Constitution Day every year on Sept. 17. On this day 228 years ago, 39 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to sign the final draft of the U.S....
View ArticleHundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
On Sept. 10, several hundred MIT undergraduates attended the annual TOUR de SHASS, an academic expo that gives students a chance to discover the range and depth of MIT courses in the School of...
View ArticleWorld War II in Poland and the Pacific Theater
On Sept. 18, at 4 p.m., in the MIT Marlar Lounge (37-252), two authors will talk about biographies they've written on two participants of World War II. Both works have ties to MIT. Norma Olbert wrote...
View ArticleAnnouncing MIT-SHASS new faculty for fall 2015
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences has announced the newest members of their faculty. They come with diverse backgrounds and vast knowledge in their areas of research: ecology and...
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