MITHIC holds celebratory event for 2025 project recipients

March 31, 2025 | Benjamin Daniel

“Your work will allow us to deepen our understanding of what it means to be human,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth

MIT President Sally Kornbluth addresses the audience during the MITHIC awarded projects event. Photo by Hanley Valentin.

The MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) recently hosted a lunch with faculty and staff to celebrate the 2025 MITHIC awarded projects. MITHIC aims to elevate human-centered research and teaching, and bring together scholars in the humanities, arts, and social sciences with their colleagues across the Institute.

“Your work will allow us to deepen our understanding of what it means to be human,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said at the event, held March 18 at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “And that understanding will translate to impact, helping us solve some of the biggest problems we face as a community, as a nation, and as a planet. I’m looking forward to seeing all of these brilliant projects pay off.”

Learn more about this year’s MITHIC projects.

Photos by Hanley Valentin.

MIT historian Sana Aiyar confers with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event at MIT's Schwarzman College of Computing. — MIT historian Sana Aiyar confers with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Agustin Rayo (right), the Kenan Sahin Dean of MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, speaks with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event. — Agustin Rayo (right), the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, speaks with Senior Lecturer in Japanese Takako Aikawa (left) and Director of Keyboard Studies and Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim (center) during the MITHIC awarded projects event.

Keeril Makan, Associate Dean of MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, speaks to the audience during the MITHIC awarded projects event at MIT's Schwarzman College of Computing. — Keeril Makan, Associate Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, speaks to the audience during the MITHIC awarded projects event at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean of the MIT School of Engineering and the Institute's Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, speaks with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event. — Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean of the MIT School of Engineering and the Institute’s Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, speaks with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event.

Kate Brown, a professor in MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, enjoys a conversation with an attendee during the MITHIC awarded projects event. — Kate Brown, a professor in and interim head of the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society, enjoys a conversation with an attendee during the MITHIC awarded projects event.

MIT Music professor Emily Richmond Pollock converses with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event. — MIT Music associate professor Emily Richmond Pollock converses with attendees during the MITHIC awarded projects event.

(From left) MIT SHASS Dean Agustin Rayo, Assistant Dean Keeril Makan, MIT President Sally Kornbluth, and MIT School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan.

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