Said and Done

 

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                 "Some may be surprised, and, we hope, reassured, to learn
                 that here at MIT — a bastion of STEM education — we view
                 the humanities, arts, and social sciences as essential, both 
                 for educating great engineers, scientists, scholars, and 
                 citizens, and for sustaining our capacity for innovation."  

                     — Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Op-Ed in The Boston Globe, April 30, 2014

                                                                                  

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HONORS AND AWARDS 
 

ECONOMICS 
Acemoglu elected to the National Academy of Sciences
SHASS economist Daron Acemoglu, and three other MIT faculty members, Emory Brown, Alan Grossman, and Timothy Grove, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, bringing to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are members.
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SHASS FACULTY 
Nine spectacular SHASS teachers receive 2014 Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching 
Dean Fitzgerald has announced the recipients of the 2014 James A. and Ruth Levitan Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Warmest congratulations to these nine educators and colleagues, who represent the very best academic leadership in the School. 
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ECONOMICS / SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Greenstone and Turkle elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two SHASS professors — Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, and Sherry Roxanne Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology — are among the seven MIT faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 
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PHILOSOPHY 
Philosopher Sally Haslanger receives Ford Chair 
Deborah Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, has awarded Professor of Philosophy Sally Haslanger a Ford Chair. “This honor is in recognition of Sally's distinctive scholarship, and her distinguished leadership within the discipline of philosophy internationally," said Fitzgerald. 
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SHASS STAFF
Six members of the SHASS staff receive Infinite Mile Awards for 2014
Bravo to these six extraordinary members of our community. Our School has an extraordinary staff, and it is a pleassure each year to salute those who have made especially remarkable contributions, and to witness the esteem in which they are held by their colleagues and community.   
Award recipients
 

 
L to R: Daron Acemoglu, Killian Professor of Economics; Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy; Michael Greenstone, Associate Professor of Economics 
 

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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropologist Christine Walley receives CLR James Best Book Award for Exit Zero 
Walley has been awarded the CLR James Award for Best Book by the Working-Class Studies Association for Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2013). Exit Zero explores the effects of deindustrialization on Chicago workers and their families.  
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MUSIC  
Keeril Makan receives Howard Foundation Fellowship
Makan, an Associate Professor of Music, has received a $33,000 fellowship from the Howard Foundation, for his project "Abandon Fear," Makan's inaugural work for full orchestra.
Announcement  |  About Abandon Fear
 

CENTER FOR BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL STUDIES 
 Remi Mir '17 and Daniel Stone '17 win the 2014 de Courtivron Prize 
The prize, awarded each year by the SHASS-based Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies, recognizes student writing on topics related to immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or multi-racial experiences.
Story + Winning Essays

 

L to R:  Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology; Keeril Makan, Associate Professor of Music; Christine Walley, Associate Professor of Anthropology
 

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FEATURE 
 

The Power of the Humanities at MIT 
Why MIT considers the humanities, arts, and social sciences essential

Full commentary, based on Op-Ed in The Boston Globe, April 30, 2014, 
by Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Commentary
 

 

                  "From climate change to poverty to disease,
                   the challenges of our age are unwaveringly human
                   in nature and scale. Engineering and science issues 
                   are always embedded in broader human realities,
                   from deeply-felt cultural traditions to building codes
                   to political tensions."

 

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