Diversity
“A community succeeds in its diversity only when it looks beyond the numbers alone and actively creates a culture where everyone feels valued, included and at ease, an environment in which everyone can do their very best work.” - Susan Hockfield
On Sept. 12, Eric D. Evans, director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, was confirmed as the president of the National GEM (Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.) Consortium for...
Wesley L. Harris, professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and MIT's associate provost for faculty equity, has been selected to receive the 2012 President’s Award on behalf of the...
MIT and 13 other leading universities filed an amicus brief Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas. The court will hear arguments in the case on Oct. 10.
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The Isabelle de Courtivron Prizes are awarded annually to MIT students for writings on topics related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual and/or multi-racial experiences. Kym Ragusa, a co-...
The United States has its first black president, in Barack Obama. Yet for all the progress Obama’s election represents in racial terms, the great political challenge for blacks in America remains...
Jacob Wamala
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Jacob Wamala spent...
The Division of Student Life encompasses departments and offices that hit many parts of the MIT student experience. In this series, we highlight the work of individual departments and offices....
On Thursday morning, hundreds from the MIT community gathered to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Institute’s 38th annual breakfast celebration of the late civil rights leader. At...
Architecture alumnus Robert R. Taylor (1892), the nation’s first professionally trained African-American architect and the first African-American graduate of MIT, is the subject of an important new...
In 2010, faculty from all five MIT schools released an assessment of diversity in the Institute’s faculty. The report of the Initiative on Faculty Race and Diversity, issued through the Office of the...
The fifth cohort of Xerox-MIT Fellows were honored at a dinner co-hosted on Nov. 14 by Xerox CTO Sophie...
From Friday, Sept. 30, through Saturday, Oct. 1, the departments of chemical engineering, chemistry and materials sciences hosted the Dow-MIT Access Program, a weekend of educational and informative...
Video: Melanie Gonick; Still Images: Quinnton J. Harris '11
Interphase is a rigorous seven-...
From among many entries — including essays on Iranian hip-hop, immigration in Switzerland, and the experiences of Mexican-Americans — MIT senior Muriel L. Rambeloarison recently won the inaugural...
This is first in a series of articles from the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education (DUE) which answers the questions: What does that...
MIT can help rebuild Haiti by sharing its expertise in engineering and urban planning, providing technical training in areas like database management and wireless technology and building...
William Yslas Vélez, a mathematician, University of Arizona Distinguished Professor and former president of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, spoke at MIT...
More than 75 minority faculty members from across the nation gathered at MIT this week for a three-day workshop designed to provide them with tools and strategies to better navigate their careers....
Tomorrow, the MIT community will come together to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the 36th Annual MLK Breakfast. The breakfast will also honor and celebrate the...
MIT on Thursday issued a report by its Initiative on Faculty Race and...
MIT launched a new website titled "Inventing Our Future" (http://diversity.mit.edu) on Monday, Oct. 26, that aims to promote diversity and inclusion by...
MIT’s HR Office of Staff Diversity is sponsoring an upcoming Multicultural Talent Development Symposium on Nov. 5.
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In mid-August, DiOnetta Jones joined MIT as the Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Minority Education (OME). Through programs and initiatives, such as Interphase and Laureates and Leaders,...