LGBT content and video games: MIT lab tackles the issue
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) content has found acceptance in every medium of American popular entertainment ... that is, all but one: video games.New research efforts at MIT takes that...
View ArticleLGBTQ students indeed welcome here, says survey
At a school best known for its academic merit, MIT received a different kind of accolade this month: the title of The Daily Beast’s “most gay-friendly school.” But for the organizers of “Living Pink” —...
View ArticleLBGTQA Provincetown Retreat celebrates 10 years
About 40 undergraduate and graduate students journeyed to Provincetown on Friday, Sept. 28, for the 10th Annual Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender, Queer, and Ally (LBGTQA) Community Leadership...
View ArticleMIT admits 650 talented and diverse students through early action
Last weekend, 650 students were offered early-action undergraduate admission to MIT’s Class of 2017. The 6,541 students who applied to MIT during the early-action period represent a 9 percent increase...
View ArticleMIT adopts new policy to mitigate federal tax burden for same-sex couples
MIT has adopted a new policy to help employees with same-sex spouses who are required to pay federal income tax on the value of their spouses’ health insurance.The policy addresses an imbalance...
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Fighting for social justice
Ask senior Cory Hernandez how MIT can improve, and he won’t hesitate to tell you. Whether the subject is the Institute’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) community or its...
View ArticleMIT community mourns Orlando shooting victims with procession, vigil
Several hundred members of the MIT community gathered Tuesday evening to mourn the 49 members of the LGBTQ community, many of them Latino and people of color, who died in Sunday's mass murder in...
View ArticleLibraries launch Institute-wide reading program
This fall, the MIT Libraries is launching MIT Reads, an Institute-wide program that aims to build community and foster understanding through a series of shared reading and discussion events. This new...
View ArticleSurrounded by questions
Most PhD projects require great commitment, and Nils Wernerfelt's is no exception. Last year, when he suddenly received the opportunity to collaborate with researchers at Facebook, he flew out on a...
View ArticleBruno Perreau named to the French Academic Palms
Bruno Perreau, the Cynthia L. Reed Professor of French Studies, has been appointed by the French Prime Minister to the prestigious French Academic Palms (l’Ordre des Palmes académiques), the highest...
View ArticleMIT Reads hosts author Janet Mock
MIT Reads, an Institute-wide reading and discussion program, welcomed author, editor, and media professional Janet Mock to a full Kirsch Auditorium Nov. 15 for a conversation about her memoir,...
View ArticleA new fight with old battle lines
In April 2013, the French government passed a law giving gay couples the right to marry and adopt children, despite months of public protests against those rights. But why did this measure — enacted...
View ArticleFuture physician-advocate
Hermoon Worku never missed a day of elementary school until fifth grade, when she began fainting frequently. At a regular check-up, her pediatrician realized that Worku was severely anemic. Her parents...
View Article3Q: Suzy Nelson on protections for transgender students at MIT
Vice President and Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson arrived at the Division of Student Life (DSL) on July 1, 2016, bringing with her 32 years of experience building open, effective partnerships with...
View ArticleMulticultural Programs, LBGT Services moving to new offices in W31
MIT's Office of Multicultural Programs and LBGT Services in the Division of Student Life (DSL) will move from their current locations in the Student Center and Walker Memorial to the duPont Athletic...
View ArticleAuthor Édouard Louis examines contexts for violence
At the MIT Global France Seminar on Oct. 27, author Édouard Louis demonstrated to an overflow MIT audience why his writing has become a cause célèbre in France and beyond. During the event, the fourth...
View ArticlePKG Summer Series: Documenting, preserving, and sharing Boston’s LGBTQ history
On July 12, a group of MIT students, staff, and faculty embarked on The History Project’s Pride Tour. The two-hour tour was led by Joan Ilacqua, co-chair of the board of directors for The History...
View ArticleCivil rights in a complex world
For as long as he can remember, Bruno Perreau hoped to teach others.“Being a teacher was something I wanted from the youngest age,” says Perreau, recalling his childhood in France. That wish has come...
View Article3Q: Alyce Johnson on upholding the rights of MIT’s transgender community
When Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Nov. 6 for the 2018 midterm election, one of the items they’ll find on the ballot is Question 3, about whether to uphold a 2016 state law barring...
View ArticleLetter from President Reif: Consoling each other and helping to heal the world
The following email was sent today to the MIT community by President L. Rafael Reif.To the members of the MIT community,As our nation once again confronts heartbreaking mass violence, sending this...
View ArticleMerging financial savvy and engineering solutions
MIT Sloan Fellow James Fok attributes his early interest in science and engineering to spending many of his childhood days in Hong Kong’s Kai Tak International Airport, where his father was a senior...
View ArticleSchool of Engineering welcomes Sophie Vandebroek as first visiting scholar
A seasoned research leader and corporate executive, Sophie Vandebroek has been appointed as the School of Engineering inaugural visiting scholar for the 2019-20 academic year. Vandebroek most recently...
View ArticleMindHandHeart announces a record 21 new Innovation Fund winners
A meditative nature retreat, healthy cooking projects, and several initiatives advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion are coming to MIT courtesy of the MindHandHeart Innovation Fund. Sponsored by...
View ArticleCharlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge...
MIT seniors Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger have won the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which offers students an opportunity to pursue graduate study in the field of their...
View ArticleDarien Williams: Chronicling Black resilience to disaster
“It’s such a weird sort of whiplash,” Darien Alexander Williams says, about how he has felt these past weeks. “It’s been very strange to go from this quarantine life, to crowds of thousands of people,...
View ArticleNergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean
Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of MIT’s School of Science, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who will return to the faculty as the Donner Professor of...
View ArticleMentorship programs for underrepresented applicants strive to increase...
Graduate students from a range of departments and programs at MIT have launched application assistance programs targeting student applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. The Graduate Application...
View ArticleMIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices
In keeping with its mission and longstanding commitment to grow diversity in the ranks of published authors, the MIT Press has announced the launch of the Grant Program for Diverse Voices. The...
View ArticleAdding depth to the popular discussion of transgender rights
In 2016, the state of North Carolina passed bill HB2, a controversial measure that barred most transgender people from using multiple-occupancy public restrooms. The legislation mandated that access...
View Article3 Questions: Kuheli Dutt reflects on diversity in science
In summer 2021, the MIT School of Science welcomed Kuheli Dutt, one of the six assistant deans for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Institute. Dutt came to MIT from Columbia University’s...
View ArticleQ&A: A conversation with Helen Elaine Lee about her novel, “Pomegranate”
A pomegranate might seem a bit mundane on the outside, but, like many things in the world, it contains a wondrous richness inside. That’s a motif of Helen Elaine Lee’s new novel, “Pomegranate,”...
View ArticleQ&A: Steven Gonzalez on Indigenous futurist science fiction
Steven Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in the MIT Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS), where he researches the environmental impacts of cloud computing and...
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