SHASS Weekly
Ray Kurzweil ’70 receives the 2025 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award
In this week’s newsletter, learn about Robert Muh Alumni Award recipient Ray Kurzweil ’70, war games with Europe, the possible origins of spoken language, and more.
Two SHASS professors named 2025 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
In this week’s edition of SHASS Weekly, meet the newly named MacVicar Faculty Fellows, learn how to build trust in science via empathy and conversation, discover MIT’s QS World University rankings, and more.
Why rationality can push people in different directions
In this week’s newsletter, learn about how a philosopher investigates rationality and its application in human lives, the interconnectedness of supply chains, a fascinating course about DJ’ing, music history, and tech, and more.
A leg up for STEM majors
In this week’s newsletter, learn about the value of political science studies for STEM majors, high marks for SHASS disciplines, 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars, and more.
MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows Program
In this edition of SHASS Weekly, learn more about the SHASS Faculty Fellows Program, American attitudes on global policies, the pedagogical possibilities of dance, and more.
