SHASS News

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Professor T.L. Taylor has been named a 2026-27 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (CASBS), a highly selective residential program that convenes scholars from a wide range of disciplines for a year of focused research, collaborative exchange, and intellectual engagement. Professor Taylor — an […]

Picture this scenario in a business: An employee, Brad, disclosed some information that wound up in the hands of a competitor. He may not have meant to, but he did, and a few people at the firm know this. So, at the next company meeting, another employee, Linda, looks pointedly at Brad and says, “I […]

Brian Robinson has always been interested in exploring the sky, and beyond. “When I was a middle schooler, I would draw pictures about wanting to be an astronaut one day,” he remembers.  Now at MIT, Robinson continues to follow that passion. As a senior double majoring in aerospace engineering and political science, his research focuses on the […]

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from social upheaval and the disasters of war,” as outlined in the 1949 Lewis Committee Report.  The report’s findings emphasized MIT’s role and responsibility in the new nuclear age, which called for doubling down on […]

It is not hard to find glowing reviews of saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a creative jazz artist whose compositions incorporate musical elements from his native Puerto Rico. For instance, The Jazz Times called “Jibaro,” Zenón’s breakthrough 2005 album, “profound yet joyful.” The New York Times called the same music “strong and light,” adding that we have “rarely seen a […]