MIT SHASS

MIT SHASS has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in February 2023. The social media accounts linked to from MIT SHASS are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • X Besides social media accounts, mitshass has populated their site with: • Alumni spotlight: Otis Reid '18 of Coefficient Giving • Social and material scientists join forces exploring the making of Roman Pompeii • Guadalupe Hayes-Mota • Following the questions where they lead • MIT Human Insight Collaborative luncheon celebrates new projects • Inside MITHIC: Artificial Shakespeares with Shankar Raman • Arthur Bahr named head of MIT’s Literature Section • David Autor named head of the Department of Economics • Building a scholarly community • Lerna Ekmekcioglu named head of MIT's History Section • “We can’t ship goods without functioning ports” • Thea Applebaum Licht named 2026/27 HEALS fellow • School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Advanced Degree Ceremony Webcast | Commencement • Get ready for fresh, local veggies • Opening the doorway to drawing • Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2026 Levitan Teaching Awards • The tech revolution that wasn’t • Fall 2026 Subjects • Improving understanding with language • The Motherhood Exchange • AI and Society Forum • Cara Lai '16 • The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence • Kanokwan (Kano) Tungkitkancharoen • Leena Mehendale • Jazz in the key of life • A philosophy of work • Kelly-Douglas Fund: Travel Fellowship • Levitan Teaching Awards • Erin Hovendon • Ruchitha Channapatna • Eric Noriega • Will Roberts • A Renaissance woman for the modern age • Olivia Muñoz • Seeing sounds • Konnie Duan • Olivia Rivera • Gloria Zhu • Preserving Keres • Marisa Montione • “We the People” depicts inventors, dreamers, and innovators in all 50 states • Sofia Lara • Brian Robinson • Joshua Bennett's ode to American invention • SHASS and MIT's 24-Hour Challenge • Kelly Kim • Kannammai (Kanna) Pichappan • Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments • Seeds of something different • Calvin Jacinto Macatantan • Lauren Higgins • Diamond Head • Alor Sahoo • Sabine Chu • Loreta Arzumanyan • Ugo Okwuadigbo • Bridging science and society in the emerging bioeconomy • Bringing the stage to the classroom • MIT Human Insight Collaborative announces funding awards for 25 projects • De Florez Fund for Humor • Stand Up Comedy Live! with Emily Catalano Tickets, Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite • Thirty-six exceptional MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2026 • Penumaka and Lodoen, 2025 Guillemin Prize winners, conduct dissertation research abroad • “MIT Open Learning has opened doors I never imagined possible” • MIT philosopher Kevin Dorst PhD '19 awarded 2026 Levitan Prize in the Humanities • Fostering MIT’s Japan connection • SPARK Retreat @ SHASS: Scholarly Productivity And Research Kickstart • The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music • Rujul Gandhi '22 • Meicen Sun PhD '22 • Standup Comedy Crash Course - IAP 2026 • Transforming Lives through Epilepsy Surgery • Ankita Reddy '19 • Meeting the Next Generation • Explore spring 26 subjects at MIT SHASS • An intimate evening with the Ghost Hounds • MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway • Mind, hand, and harvest • MIT Human Insight Collaborative • The science of consciousness • The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building • Four from MIT named 2026 Rhodes Scholars • MF Gydus • Anthem Awards Community Voice • Dissolving boundaries with music • Stretching Minds and Bodies: MIT Students Learn Why Exercise is Medicine • Burchard Scholars Program • Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress • Diana Gallagher • Designing a revolution • Improving the workplace of the future • Reimagining sound and space | MIT Technology Review • Meet the 2025 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • Joshua Bennett awarded Institute for Advanced Study fellowship - MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • 3 Questions: On humanizing scientists • Shocks to the welfare system • SHASS Weekly • Jennifer Jackson • Fall 2025 Subjects • Changing the conversation in health care • MIT Basketball Alum Makes World Games in Beach Korfball • Better public service with data • Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping the Future of Work • How government accountability and responsiveness affect tax payment • “FUTURE PHASES” showcases new frontiers in music technology and interactive performance • What Americans actually think about taxes • Helping cities evolve • What do we owe each other? • Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse. • Exploring data and its influence on political behavior • Nourishing the Land • Mens et Manus et Music • MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 75 graduating seniors • The scholar-warrior: How Erik Lin-Greenberg bridges academia and Air Force intelligence • 2025 Wayfinder Award Winners presented by Kia • Cultivating Thinkers and Doers of Impossible Things • 2025 Senior Gallery - MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Advanced Degree Ceremony | Commencement • SHASS Weekly May 28, 2025 • Lit@MIT Summer 2025 Reading List • Supercharging Human-Centered Thinking • Willow Huang • The sweet taste of a new idea • Research spotlight: Eran Egozy on blending music and technology • Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli • Lia Bu • Deivy Houeix • How does our education shape us? • Shivali Singireddy • Making classical music and math more accessible • Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards • Kaelyn Dunnell • Studying work, life, and economics • Lasya Balachandran • Katherine Ellison • MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program • Alice Trang Le • Rachel Loh • Sophia Petrovas • Kyna McGill • Four from MIT awarded 2025 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans • The human body, its movement, and music • Jolie Kim • Building bridges between science and the humanities • Ari Peró • Opening the doors of perception: Perspectives on SHASS • New Alliance for Data, Evaluation and Policy Training will advance data-driven decision-making in public policy • MITHIC holds celebratory event for 2025 project recipients • Decoding a medieval mystery manuscript • Ray Kurzweil ’70 receives the 2025 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award s • Stand-Up Comedy Live featuring Joel Kim Booster • Lit Tea x Artfinity • When did human language emerge? • Exploring rationality + AI and work + learning to DJ • Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star • Body of knowledge • Why rationality can push people in different directions • Andy Wilds • An “All-American” vision of service to others • MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows program • Mixing beats, history, and technology • Bridging philosophy and AI to explore computing ethics • Research spotlight: Josh Angrist on measuring school quality • MIT Human Insight Collaborative announces funding awards for inaugural series of projects • Timeless virtues, new technologies • Aligning AI with human values • Community spotlight: Min-Min Liang • Burchard Scholars • MIT student encourages all learners to indulge their curiosity with MIT Open Learning's MITx • Investigating the intersection of law and technology • Insights into political outsiders • A Doctor Finds Her Calling • Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize • Photos: 2024 Nobel winners with MIT ties honored in Stockholm • Spring 2025 Subjects - MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • MIT anthropologist Héctor Beltrán awarded 2025 Levitan Prize in the Humanities - MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building • MIT Women’s League fosters connections and community around campus • Transforming research through global collaborations • Making a mark in the nation’s capital • Kelly-Douglas Fund: Travel • Paradox and Infinity • A new focus on understanding the human element • How examining conflict can be “intellectually serious” and “incredibly fun” • Human Insight Collaborative • LIVE WEBCAST | Administrative Staff Meeting • Stand-Up Comedy Live Featuring Tatanka Means and an All-Star Cast • Welcome to SHASS • How is the world watching the 2024 US election? • MIT SHASS Events • MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson share Nobel Prize in economics • Words of love, words of life: MTG’s “Spelling Bee” spins a spellbinding tale of the evolution of self | The Tech • Protecting the rights of internet users, in Mexico and worldwide • Rainbow Market • Students learn theater design through the power of play • Making a measurable economic impact • Spotlight on SHASS Classes – Fall 2024 • Creating connection with science communication • School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes nine new faculty • “The dance between autonomy and affinity creates morality” • 2024 Senior Gallery - MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences • Risk, culture, and control • The study and practice of being human • License plates of MIT • The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • MIT SHASS: Standup Comedy Class • MIT SHASS: MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 92 graduating seniors • A creation story told through immersive technology • A data-driven approach to making better choices • All in the family • MIT SHASS: News - 2024 - Advanced Degree Ceremony - Photo Gallery • The MIT Asymptones • Convening for cultural change • Q&A: A graduating student looks back on his MIT experience • Sky Is No Limit for Deaf Pilot • Discovering community and cultural connections • Studies in empathy and analytics • Exploring the history of data-driven arguments in public life • “No one can work in civil engineering alone” • J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises • MIT-Mexico Program fosters cross-border collaboration • Designing solutions to ensure equity in health care • MIT SHASS Kelly Douglas Traveling Fellowships • Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments and communities • Visiting scholars from Ukraine kick off Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program • MIT SHASS 24-Hour Challenge • SHASS Levitan Teaching Awards • At Sustainability Connect 2024, a look at how MIT is decarbonizing its campus • Investigating and preserving Quechua • HOLLOW TREE | GROWING UP AT THE END OF THE EARTH • How to Design a Revolution Book Launch event • The MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices recipients for 2024 • From Ocean Waves to Sound Waves • MIT 24-Hour Challenge • 3 Questions: Why study theater in a German language class? • Illustrating India’s complex environmental crises • Reflecting on COP28 — and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals • MIT SHASS: News-2023-MIT-SHASS-and-De-Florez-Fund-welcome-Drew-Lynch • Projects investigating Swahili, global media win SHASS Humanities Awards • Unlocking history with geology and genetics • Baran Mensah: Savoring college life in a new country • Blueprint Labs launches a charter school research collaborative • The art of being FLI • Turning history of science into a comic adventure • 3 Questions: A new home for music at MIT • MIT SHASS: Shining a spotlight on local science journalism • The creative future of generative AI • Building technology that empowers city residents • A tale of penguins and prejudice is a parable of modern America • MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology • MIT SHASS: MIT SHASS Most Read Articles of 2023 • Hearing Amazônia: MIT musicians in Manaus, Brazil • MIT SHASS: Empowering the next generation of philosophers through diversity and inclusion • Two from MIT named 2024 Marshall Scholars • When rumors take flight • MIT SHASS: Q&A: HASTS PhD candidate Steven Gonzalez on his new book, “Sordidez” • Long Division: The Persistence of Race Science • A voyage through history • Q&A: A high-tech take on Wagner’s “Parsifal” opera • MIT SHASS: 2022 Levitan Prize Funds Studies on Early Language Acquisition • MIT SHASS: MIT economist Stephen Morris elected to the British Academy • MIT SHASS: Through documentary filmmaking, science writing graduate students build storytelling skills • MIT SHASS: The philosophical side of cinema • 3 Questions: Justin Reich on the state of teacher speech in America • Music Tech at the Voxel Lab • Q&A: A conversation with Helen Elaine Lee about her novel, “Pomegranate” • MIT SHASS: Keeril Makan named Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • MIT SHASS: 101 MIT Class of 2023 students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society • MIT SHASS: News - 2023 - Diversity Predoctoral Fellowships - Reflection • Author of “Queeristan” Spreads Vision of Inclusion • Andreas Karatsolis - 2023 Teaching with Digital Technology Award Winner • Study: Microtargeting works, just not the way people think • America Will Be • MIT SHASS: On a mission to uplift others and save Marma • MIT SHASS: News - 2023 - Social Lives of Medical Objects - Anthropology - Class Profile • Ways of seeing • Breaking down barriers in music research • MIT SHASS: News - 2023 - Advanced Degree Ceremony - Photo Gallery • MIT SHASS: News - Senior Spotlight - 2023 • School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Advanced Degree Ceremony webcast with ASL | Commencement • “In everything I do, I’m a creator” • Stand Up Comedy Live! • 3 Questions: Per Urlaub on MIT Global Languages • How a new sound hit center stage • Encouraging a scientific habit of the mind • Benjamin Mangrum receives the 2023 Levitan Prize in the Humanities • Using language skills to bridge gaps in health care • MIT SHASS: News - 2023 - How young children communicate could reveal fundamental truths about the nature of conversation • MIT SHASS: Inside the School - Honors and Awards - SHASS Levitan Teaching Awards • New African and African diaspora studies major takes off at MIT • MIT SHASS: News - 2023 - Muh Award - Announcement • Matthew Kearney: Bringing AI and philosophy into dialogue • MIT SHASS: Inside the School - Resources - Internal - De Florez Fund • 3 Questions: The power of music in advancing social justice • Four Talks on Indigenous Studies: Sonya Atalay