J-PAL North America launches Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub to drive evidence-informed approaches to housing stability

October 26, 2026
Kate Christie | J-PAL North America
The hub serves as a free, online repository of essential content for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers seeking to leverage rigorous research to inform their approaches to homelessness.

Reinforcing the value of human understanding at MIT

October 23, 2026
Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
During the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences’ 75th Anniversary Symposium, President Sally Kornbluth said “MIT has never needed your particular insight and guidance more than we do now.”

Q&A: How AI came to model the “messy” human mind

October 23, 2026
Adam Zewe | MIT News
Assistant Professor Benjamin Lindquist studies how engineers deliberately injected randomness into early AI, giving rise to deep-learning models that sometimes hallucinate.

Building trust in governments through digital platforms

October 15, 2026
Will Sullivan | MIT Governance Lab
Governments and private companies often work together to provide public services online. A new study asks: How do these partnerships affect people’s trust in government?

MIT Farm is growing

October 13, 2026
Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning
Co-founders Aleks Banaś and Zachary Rapaport see architecture and farming as deeply complementary disciplines. Their nascent club is having a sizeable impact at the Institute.
1 2 3 … 42

Sign up for the SHASS newsletter

* indicates required