SHASS Weekly
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.
A new lens on humanity
In this week’s newsletter, recap the first MITHIC annual gathering, hear from the inaugural KSL Africa and Middle East Fellow, discover an effort to return farming to city centers, and more.
Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work launches at MIT
In this week’s newsletter, we celebrate the launch of the Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work, investigate how drones are shaping modern warfare, learn about a new farming initiative bringing low-cost produce to the MIT community, and more.
The science of consciousness
In this week’s newsletter, discover a philosopher and a neuroscientist’s work on human consciousness, learn how effective aid management can reduce local violence, explore the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, and more.
