SHASS Weekly
The math of politics and power
The latest newsletter features a course from MIT economist and Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu, MIT sitting atop world rankings for education institutions, a test for democracy, Artfinity festival highlights, and more.
SHASS Advanced Degree Ceremony
In this week’s newsletter, see photos from the 2025 SHASS Advanced Degree Ceremony, learn more about MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing, meet the 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowship winners, and more.
Supercharging human-centered thinking
In this week’s newsletter, learn how MIT is supercharging human-centered thinking with a cross-disciplinary approach, meet this year’s seniors, learn how successful vaccinations occur, and more.
Living Climate Futures Lab awarded inaugural MITHIC Faculty-Driven Initiative Seed Grant
In this week’s newsletter, learn more about the Living Climate Futures Lab, a new home for economics research at the Institute, travel and time as valued by consumers, and more.
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.
