Tech support?
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
A hardy Constitution
In Ratification, historian Pauline Maier uncovers the contentious debates behind a political document that many Americans once opposed.
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.
MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard Scholars
Program brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.
MIT senior wins Rhodes Scholarship
Jennifer Lai, who is majoring in biological engineering and music and theater arts, is headed to Oxford.
How wise are crowds?
By melding economics and engineering, researchers show that as social networks get larger, they usually get better at sorting fact from fiction.
7 win presidential early career honors
MIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.
Public debt concentrated in advanced economies, MIT student’s research finds
Global financial crisis highlights gulf between advanced and emerging nations.
3 Questions: Michael Greenstone on deficit spending
As deficit hawks appear poised for victory at the polls, the MIT economics professor presents the case for more spending on infrastructure and R&D.
Atlantic Philanthropies' CEO Gara LaMarche on reclaiming the moral life of philantrophy
Presented by the Center for International Studies — Starr Forum
Dower's Cultures of War named finalist for 2010 National Book Award
Historian's book examines roots, causes of war through four historic events.