Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.
MIT SHASS launches the Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Three outstanding PhD students have been invited to study at MIT for the fellowship's inaugural year.
Telling stories using computer science
Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.
Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
Boxes, books, and bananas: A peek at the MIT Science Fiction Society
Founded in 1949, group now maintains what may be the world’s largest open-shelf collection of science fiction.
Inspired readings
Meet MIT professor Arthur Bahr, a former figure skater who makes medieval literature come alive.
Wyn Kelley sails on the Charles W. Morgan
MIT Melville scholar travels on the last surviving U.S. whaleship from Melville's era.
Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
Le Morte d'Arthur and the engineer
Laura Meeker '14 designed a game combining engineering and literature to convey the essence of Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur."
Intellectual property
Sandy Alexandre explores the complex relationship between black literature and history.