Diversity

An important new book on alumnus Robert TaylorThe nation’s first professionally trained African-American architect

Diversity and excellence explored at Institute summitFaculty and students offered multiple perspectives on race and gender

2011-2012 Xerox-MIT fellows celebratedFellowship program was established to support top-tier engineering students — especially women and other groups traditionally underrepresented.

DOW-MIT Access Program shows reality and rewards of graduate schoolWeekend of activities introduces undergrads to opportunities in chemical engineering, chemistry and materials science.

Video: Interphase program at MITRigorous program introduces new freshmen to life at the Institute.

Rambeloarison and Wang win inaugural Isabelle de Courtivron PrizesNew MIT prize honors cross-cultural fluency — an ability key to leadership and success in today's global world.

Alum-astronaut Robert Satcher: ‘We need to get everybody on board’Delivers keynote address at the annual Laureates and Leaders induction ceremony

A migration that shaped a nationIn MIT talk, author Isabel Wilkerson discusses how the Great Migration changed American history.

IAP active bystander workshop taping: a huge successSloan fellows and MBAs work together to develop videos to train future student leaders.

King’s legacy celebrated at MITCNN's Roland Martin, at annual MLK Jr. breakfast, says the civil rights leader’s example of personal commitment and nonviolence lives on.

Examining the impact of human diversityFour-part forum series kicks off this Thursday.

A foundation for buildingHow MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers.

CNN's Martin to deliver keynote address at MLK Jr. breakfast37th annual event taking place Feb. 9; registration required by Feb. 5

LBGT@MIT launches new "You are Welcome Here Campaign"Community members invited to join by posting YAWH card

Chancellor Phillip L. Clay to step downHailed by President Hockfield as ‘an exceptional leader,’ he leaves a remarkable record of achievement.

MIT welcomes 8 MLK visiting professors and scholarsScholars’ diverse backgrounds enhance MIT community, research and teaching.

Gates named MLK Visiting Professor in PhysicsSupersymmetry pioneer will conduct research this year at MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics.

The What, Who, and How of DUE: the Office of Minority Education (OME)

The long road for HaitiHaitian leaders speak at MIT about reconstruction

A mathematician takes his field to accountUniversity of Arizona professor William Yslas Vélez speaks about minorities in math

Engineering success for underrepresented facultyMIT hosts minority faculty development workshop co-sponsored by Georgia Tech and the National Science Foundation

Institute releases report on minority facultyReport of the Initiative on Faculty Race and Diversity recommends ways to strengthen recruitment and retention of under-represented minority faculty

Institute launches new diversity and inclusion website'Inventing our Future' features video, blogs and other resources for community.

Observations on diversity at MIT: A discussion with the new director of OME