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The sculpture “Drifting Continents” by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. Made from aluminum bottle caps and copper wire. Courtesy of Eva Blue, Flickr...

Academic - Undergraduate - Major in African and African Diaspora Studies

The sculpture “Drifting Continents” by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. Made from aluminum bottle caps and copper wire. Courtesy of Eva Blue, Flickr...

News - 2018 -FAQ - College of Computing

This set of FAQs offers information about the founding of the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, announced today, and its implications...

News - 2016 - New Faculty 2016

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is very pleased to present the newest members of the MIT SHASS faculty. They come to us with...

News - Honoring Labor Day | Research on Work and Economic Equity

A sampler of MIT research on work and economic equity

News - 2016 - MIT announces Campaign for a Better World

Announcing the new comprehensive campaign, MIT President L. Rafael Reif said, "Humanity faces urgent challenges — challenges whose solutions depend...

Said and Done | November-December 2012

November | December 2012 Edition Published by the Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences       QUOTABLE...

Eran Egozy, Professor of the Practice of Music Technology

News - 2019 - Computing and AI - Humanistic Perspectives from MIT - Music - Eran Egozy

"Through the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, our responsibility will be not only to develop the new technologies of music creation, distribution...

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News 2010 - Dower's Cultures of War is National Book Award finalist

Over recent decades, Pulitzer-winning historian John W. Dower has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. Here he...

About - Honors and Awards - Faculty 2018

  HEALTH ECONOMICS | COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIESAmy Finkelstein and Lisa Parks win MacArthur Fellowships     Finkelstein, a...

Emma Teng, T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations

News - 2019 - Computing and AI - Humanistic Perspectives from MIT - Global Languages - Emma Teng

"Language and culture learning is a gateway to international experiences and an important means to develop cross-cultural understanding and...

News - 2013 - MIT HASTS program celebrates 25 years

Fifteen distinguished HASTS alumni gave presentations on their current work at a November 2013 symposium held to celebrate the program’s 25th...

Said and Done - August, 2010

Communications Digest | August 2010 MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences       KUDOSLevitan Teaching Awards Announced The...

Tom Levenson, MIT Professor of Science Writing

News - 2019 - Computing and AI - Humanistic Perspectives from MIT - Writing - Thomas Levenson

"Computation and its applications in fields that directly affect society cannot be an unexamined good. Professional science and technology writers...

News - 2015 - Five MIT students receive MISTI Excellence Awards

MIT SHASS-based MISTI, the Institute’s groundbreaking program in applied international studies, presented its annual Excellence Awards to five...

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Research Portfolio - Music

Computers have transformed how we listen to, obtain, compose, and notate music, but they have not fundamentally changed how we research and analyze...

Said and Done | In the Media | March 2016

A section of Said and DoneFull March 2016 edition   POLITICAL SCIENCE | FIGHTING THE ZIKA VIRUSThree lessons from Ebola...

Left to right: Gavin Off, Adam Wagner, Ruth McElheny, Victor McElheny, Cathy Clabby, and Deborah Blum pose during a Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT McElheny Award ceremony.

MIT News - Award shines a spotlight on local science journalism

The Knight Science Journalism Program’s Victor K. McElheny Award honors outstanding local and regional journalists’ reporting on science, public...

MIT faculty, researchers, students, and staff made headlines in 2023, making key research advances including detecting a dying star swallowing a planet, exploring the frontiers of AI, creating new clean energy solutions, inventing tools aimed at earlier detection and diagnosis of cancer and even exploring the science behind how to best spread kindness.

MIT News - MIT in the media: 2023 in review

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

Leo Marx, MIT Professor Emeritus

News - Celebrating MIT historian Leo Marx at 100

Over 40 years, the influential historian helped build MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society into a world leader in the field.

Said and Done - January/February 2012

January/February 2012 Edition Published by the Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences        QUOTABLE...

Top row, left to right: Danah Alfailakawi, Nina Dewi Toft Djanegara, Alessandra Jungs de Almeida, and Amber Mackey. Bottom row, from left to right: Somayeh Tohidi, Vanessa Noemi Velez, and Biyi Wen.

MIT News - MIT SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship Program welcomes 2023-24 class

The fellowship program enhances diversity in SHASS and provides fellows with professional support and mentoring.

News - 2015 - Musical Institute of Technology - a book about music and the MIT mission

Published by the MIT-SHASS Office of the Dean, Musical Institute of Technology is a photo-rich portrait of MIT's Music program that explores the...

News - 2015 - Celebrating Einstein marks 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity

Wherever you may be on the space-time continuum, it’s time to celebrate. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s general theory of...

Soundings, Spring 2010 - State of the Art - Michael Cuthbert

    ON ANY GIVEN DAY, Michael Cuthbert might be found immersed in the Renaissance, or innovating with computer algorithms in his music21 lab. An...