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Election Insights 2022
In advance of the November midterms — an election taking place against a backdrop of bitter division and sometimes violent extremism — SHASS asked MIT scholars to take stock of this political moment. Here, our faculty offer perspectives on the meaning of the midterms and on what may come next.
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Ben Bernanke PhD ’79 awarded a share of the 2022 Nobel Prize in economic sciences
MIT alumnus and two others honored for research on the role of banks in the economy, including during financial crises.
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Said & Done Digest
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Transformative truth-telling: MIT's Open Documentary Lab
The lab's artists and tech scholars are shaping the future of storytelling.
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21st Century Democracy
Explore this nonpartisan web resource stocked with research, commentaries, information for policy, and tools for strengthening democracy
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How do we live now?
MIT's Council for the Uncertain Human Future convenes small circle groups to reckon with the climate crisis in solidarity.
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Congratulations
Class of 2022!Meet the MIT Bilinguals—
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Culture is a meaning-making practice.
Anthropologist Heather Paxson on the nature of culture and being part of the MIT community
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Ethics, Computing, and AI
Faculty from all five MIT schools offer perspectives on the societal and ethical implications of emerging technologies.
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The Sound of a Sunset
MIT's Digital Humanities Lab unveils the
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Can the world change course on climate?
Political scientist Nazli Choucri on challenges and hopes for global coordination.
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The Musical Institute of Technology
Music and the MIT Mission
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The Bluest Eye at 50
In a marvelous essay, literary scholar Sandy Alexandre shows how Toni Morrison’s exquisite language renders structural racism comprehensible.
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The moral calculus of climate change
In a "mathy" philosophy class, students explore the ethical implications of living in a warming world.
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Planetary change and human health
Anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas reflects on the deep connection.
Undergraduate Studies
Undergrads, take a virtual tour of MIT's Humanities, Arts, and Social Science fields. Discover which options are the most meaningful for your goals.
Tour the Fields of Study
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100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
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Mens et Manus in the History Workshop
"The past is an excellent laboratory," says Anne McCants, Professor of History. In a hands-on history class (21H.343), MIT students gain insights about human systems by building a handset printing press — the kind of press on which the documents of the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution were printed.
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Shaping public policy in the nation's capital
With an education in the humanities, engineering, and political science, Samuel Rodarte Jr. '13 joined generations of alumni who have put their MIT skills to work in Washington, DC. "Laws are written here," says Rodarte. "One detail is changed and millions of lives are transformed."
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Impact: Making A Better World
Discover how MIT's social sciences, arts, and humanities help solve the political, cultural, and economic dimensions of major global issues.
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Research
Help solve the political, cultural, and economic dimensions of climate change.
MIT Climate Portal: Humanistic Research and Perspectives
