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J-PAL North America announces partners through inaugural Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator
J-PAL North America, a research center in MIT’s Department of Economics, announced new partnerships with four organizations across the United States as a part of the center’s inaugural Housing Stability...
Hair and identity
Sefa Yakpo has always been interested in the question of the beauty standards that shape the lives of women of African descent. Growing up in Ghana, Yakpo recalls going with...
Contest seeks writing about bicultural experiences
The Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize is seeking student writing submissions (creative or expository) about immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences. The prize was established to honor distinguished Professor Emerita...
Outstanding MIT students of French explore "Paris et la rue"
Think of Paris, and images materialize of sublime art and cosmopolitan sophistication. “We all romanticize the culture, and it’s fine to do that,” says Bruno Perreau, the Cynthia L. Reed...
Rona Wang, Selam Gano win 2018 De Courtivron Writing Prizes
MIT Global Studies and Languages has announced the winners of the Isabelle de Courtivron Prize for 2018. First Prize went to sophomore Rona Wang, from Portland, Oregon, who majors in...
CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects
Trade policy, government transparency, and music composition systems were among the humanities, arts, and social science (HASS) research areas explored this year by students in MIT’s Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities...
What Paris shows us about the history of photography
Imagine a photo of Paris you’ve seen before, whether it’s the Eiffel Tower or an urchin carrying a baguette. Have you ever considered the story behind that picture — why...
Civil 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...
Times Higher Education ranks MIT No.1 in business and economics, No.2 in arts and humanities
MIT has taken the top spot in the Business and Economics subject category in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and, for the second year in a row,...