"Race Place and Modernity in the Americas" is a three-week immersive course held in Brazil where students study how art and cultural activism can impact racial justice and environmental issues.
First-year MIT students constructed “Barbis,” a life-sized Barbie-themed TARDIS, as part of the Interphase EDGE program, in collaboration with the MIT Edgerton Center.
Now in its sixth year, The Standard, a program facilitated by the MIT Office of Minority Education, is designed to holistically support the academic, personal, and professional success of MIT's undergraduate men of color.
Frank S. Jones, the first African American to receive tenure at MIT, has passed away at 93. Jones championed greater diversity and inclusion at the Institute.
MIT Professor Wesley Harris is elected the new vice president of the National Academy of Engineering. Harris says he expects to forge a deeper connection between two of the world’s leading engineering institutions.