SHASS News
How does our education shape us?
Philosophy doctoral student Sonia Pavel examines how public education influences our identities and social roles.
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Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards
“These educators are some of the finest instructors at MIT,” says SHASS Dean Agustín Rayo
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Building bridges between science and the humanities
Senior Omar Orozco wants to use storytelling and the arts to help educate the next generation of computer scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
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MITHIC holds celebratory event for 2025 project recipients
“Your work will allow us to deepen our understanding of what it means to be human,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth
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Ray Kurzweil ’70 receives the 2025 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award
The prolific inventor, thinker, and futurist is being honored for his contributions to literature, music, and technology.
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In the media
Senior Lecturer Emeritus David Deveau records Robert Schumann
Steinway & Sons
AI and the future of the job market
WBUR
Xi’s purges of China’s military run deep, new study shows
The New York Times
They are in love but don’t speak the same language
The New York Times
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Faculty-Driven Initiative: Living Climate Futures Lab
