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

July 13, 2015

Paula T. Hammond, the David H. Koch Professor in Engineering, has been named the new head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE), effective July 13. She is the first woman and first...

July 13, 2015

Paula T. Hammond, the David H. Koch Professor in Engineering, has been named the new head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE), effective July 13. She is the first woman and first...

July 13, 2015

Paula T. Hammond, the David H. Koch Professor in Engineering, has been named the new head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE), effective July 13. She is the first woman and first...

July 13, 2015

For Sergio Cantu, a second-year PhD student in physics, the future of computing is one in which information moves at the speed of light, and through a network with unparalleled security.

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July 13, 2015

For Sergio Cantu, a second-year PhD student in physics, the future of computing is one in which information moves at the speed of light, and through a network with unparalleled security.

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July 08, 2015

In a noisy MIT classroom last week, high school students eagerly speculated on the problems they might see in the team math competition they were about to begin. The MIT students serving as the...

July 08, 2015

In a noisy MIT classroom last week, high school students eagerly speculated on the problems they might see in the team math competition they were about to begin. The MIT students serving as the...

June 29, 2015

Tamara Broderick’s career at MIT started when she was still in high school. In 2002, she participated in the inaugural class of MIT’s Women's ...

June 29, 2015

Tamara Broderick’s career at MIT started when she was still in high school. In 2002, she participated in the inaugural class of MIT’s Women's ...

June 25, 2015

On June 12, 68 high school students from across the country arrived at MIT to participate in the Minority Introduction to Engineering and...

June 25, 2015

On June 12, 68 high school students from across the country arrived at MIT to participate in the Minority Introduction to Engineering and...

June 24, 2015

The academic pursuit of philosophy has a serious diversity problem.

As recently as 2010, fewer than 30 percent of those earning doctorates in philosophy were women, for example — a lower...

June 24, 2015

The academic pursuit of philosophy has a serious diversity problem.

As recently as 2010, fewer than 30 percent of those earning doctorates in philosophy were women, for example — a lower...

June 05, 2015

“One of the very most important things in our school’s history is something that’s not in the motto” — “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand” — Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88, now the chief technology...

June 05, 2015

“One of the very most important things in our school’s history is something that’s not in the motto” — “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand” — Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88, now the chief technology...

May 21, 2015

On a recent early spring evening, an unusual scene unfolded on the riverside steps of Walker Memorial: Members of MIT’s Black Women’s...

May 21, 2015

On a recent early spring evening, an unusual scene unfolded on the riverside steps of Walker Memorial: Members of MIT’s Black Women’s...

April 28, 2015

Barbara Johnson has a story that deserves to be heard. Winner of this year's People Helping People Award from the MIT Federal Credit Union, Johnson has worked with energy, creativity, and humor to...

April 28, 2015

Barbara Johnson has a story that deserves to be heard. Winner of this year's People Helping People Award from the MIT Federal Credit Union, Johnson has worked with energy, creativity, and humor to...

April 06, 2015

The U.S. Justice Department’s March report on racist policing in Ferguson, Missouri, was but the latest episode in a series highlighting the unsettled and unsettling issue of racial justice...

April 06, 2015

The U.S. Justice Department’s March report on racist policing in Ferguson, Missouri, was but the latest episode in a series highlighting the unsettled and unsettling issue of racial justice...

April 06, 2015

The U.S. Justice Department’s March report on racist policing in Ferguson, Missouri, was but the latest episode in a series highlighting the unsettled and unsettling issue of racial justice...

April 01, 2015

MIT has received a major grant — one of only three awarded nationally — from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a “University Center of Exemplary Mentoring” (UCEM) that will focus on the...

April 01, 2015

MIT has received a major grant — one of only three awarded nationally — from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a “University Center of Exemplary Mentoring” (UCEM) that will focus on the...

April 01, 2015

MIT has received a major grant — one of only three awarded nationally — from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a “University Center of Exemplary Mentoring” (UCEM) that will focus on the...

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