SHASS News

Why bother with plausible deniability?
Philosopher Sam Berstler explains why we have social norms that let people engage in open deception.
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Built to fly
MIT senior, master’s candidate, and airman Brian Robinson lives and works at the intersection of aviation, politics, and technology.
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Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI
As the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences marks 75 years, Dean Agustín Rayo reflects on how AI is reshaping higher education and why SHASS disciplines continue to be central to MIT’s mission.
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Jazz in the key of life
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a Grammy-winning MIT faculty member, creates a distinctive blend of jazz and traditional Puerto Rican music.
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A philosophy of work
As the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, Michal Masny is advancing dialogue, teaching, and research into the social and ethical dimensions of new computing technologies.
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