SHASS News
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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Seth Mnookin and Heather Paxson named faculty co-leads of the MIT Human Insight Collaborative
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences professors will help shape the next chapter of MITHIC, a presidential initiative launched in 2024.
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Why does wealth inequality matter?
An MIT Stone Center event examined the origins, mechanisms, and political consequences of high inequality.
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In the media
Need long-term care? Many middle-class families are out of luck.
The Boston Globe
When the future came to City Hall: The forgotten blueprint for A.I. governance
Observer
Anthropic launches AI for teachers
Forbes
Mass immigration is not the silver bullet economists think it is
Financial Times
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