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The MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries awarded the inaugural MIT Prize for Open Data to 10 research projects that made data openly accessible and reusable.

Standing by its commitment to provide equitable and open access to scholarship, MIT has ended negotiations with Elsevier for a new journals contract. Elsevier failed to present a proposal that aligned with the principles of the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts.

Students in MIT class 21H.S04 (South Asian MIT Oral History and Digital Archive) delve into South Asian experience at MIT via oral histories and the Institute Archives/Distinctive Collections.

A new book from MIT Press, "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus," by Maia Weinstock, explores the life of the trailblazing physicist who expanded our understanding of the physical world.

Caption: For an MIT oral history project, students conducted interviews with Institute alumni. Pictured here is Almitra Patel '58, MS '59, the first woman in engineering from India to graduate from MIT, and a Tech article in which she is featured. Credits: Image courtesy of MIT-India. Previous image Next image When thinking about how to celebrate the approaching 60th anniversary of Sangam, the Association of Indian Students at MIT, Ranu Boppana ’87, president of the MIT South Asian Alumni Association (MITSAAA) began to refl...