SHASS News
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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MIT Human Insight Collaborative announces funding awards for inaugural series of projects
The selected projects feature “an incredible array of bold, creative proposals and ideas,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
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MIT’s Compass to life
An exciting initiative from across SHASS explores the persistent moral and social questions central to the human experience: what is value, merit, truth, a good society?
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Investigating the intersection of law and technology
Alex Reiss-Sorokin PhD ’24 probes the impact of automation on both the practice of law and the people who make jurisprudence possible.
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Thirty-six outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
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In the media
Is AI leading to layoffs or does the economy just suck?
Gizmodo
Will AI save education? Don't count on it.
Governing
Mass layoffs: Full list of companies cutting thousands of jobs
Newsweek
Ron DeSantis suggests change to health care for under 50s
Newsweek
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Faculty-Driven Initiative: Living Climate Futures Lab
