SHASS Weekly
Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts
In this week’s newsletter, vice provost for the arts Philip Khoury steps down, Pulitzer Prize winner Usha Lee McFarling is named director of the Knight Science Journalism program, learn about a doctoral student in philosophy’s research into education and its impacts, and more.
Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards
In this week’s newsletter, meet the 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards winners, learn about research into choosing kidney transplant recipients, music with the Pops and MIT’s art installations, and more.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens
This week’s newsletter explores tech’s daily impacts on humanity, a writer and chemist’s exploration of work at the intersection of art, history, and science, Lupe Fiasco and the Arts at MIT, and more.
Music Building opens with Sonic Jubilance
This week’s newsletter features the public opening of the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building with Sonic Jubilance, a Carnegie Fellowship for an MIT political scientist, AI’s potential impacts on jobs and learning, and more.
The human body, its movement, and music
This week’s newsletter features research into how pianists play, a new book about the growth of America’s retail sector, MITHIC funding for new projects, and more.
