SHASS Weekly
The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music
In this week’s newsletter, explore how ethnomusicologist Leslie Tilley investigates how musicians can refashion music, explore how consciousness works, look into the future of labor in the age of AI, and more.
MIT Human Insight Collaborative announces funding awards for 25 projects
In this week’s newsletter, learn about the new MITHIC-funded projects, discover where Times Higher Education ranked the humanities at MIT, meet the 2026 Levitan Prize in the Humanities winner, and more.
Thirty-six exceptional MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2026
In this week’s newsletter, meet the 2026 Burchard Scholars, discover a new take on the American Revolution (in verse), meet the manager responsible for fostering MIT’s Japan connection, and more.
Keeril Makan named vice provost for the arts
In this week’s newsletter, meet our newly installed vice provost for the arts Keeril Makan, read about our Teaching with Digital Technology Award winners, learn about the Living Climate Futures Lab, and more.
Music on the brain
This week’s newsletter features Music Technology and Computation graduate student Claire Southard, new publications and reporting from MIT faculty, lecturers, and alumni, a trillion-dollar AI gamble, and more.
