SHASS Weekly
Supercharging human-centered thinking
In this week’s newsletter, learn how MIT is supercharging human-centered thinking with a cross-disciplinary approach, meet this year’s seniors, learn how successful vaccinations occur, and more.
Living Climate Futures Lab awarded inaugural MITHIC Faculty-Driven Initiative Seed Grant
In this week’s newsletter, learn more about the Living Climate Futures Lab, a new home for economics research at the Institute, travel and time as valued by consumers, and more.
Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts
In this week’s newsletter, vice provost for the arts Philip Khoury steps down, Pulitzer Prize winner Usha Lee McFarling is named director of the Knight Science Journalism program, learn about a doctoral student in philosophy’s research into education and its impacts, and more.
Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards
In this week’s newsletter, meet the 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards winners, learn about research into choosing kidney transplant recipients, music with the Pops and MIT’s art installations, and more.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens
This week’s newsletter explores tech’s daily impacts on humanity, a writer and chemist’s exploration of work at the intersection of art, history, and science, Lupe Fiasco and the Arts at MIT, and more.
