Topic
Social sciences
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Ask a linguist: Q&A with David Pesetsky
Professor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music
February 9, 2011 -
Said and Done
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for February 2011
February 2, 2011 -
The lonely crowd
In a new book, Sherry Turkle documents the sometimes-detrimental effects of technology on our families and social lives.
January 18, 2011 -
Said and Done
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2011
January 4, 2011 -
CIS's Précis examines research, student work
Late fall edition of the biannual publication now available.
December 20, 2010 -
Diamond to receive Nobel at ceremony on Friday
December 9, 2010 -
Tech support?
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
December 9, 2010 -
Can telecom data help redraw political boundaries?
By analyzing one of the world’s largest databases of phone data, researchers partition Great Britain into densely interconnected regions.
December 9, 2010 -
A hardy Constitution
In <em>Ratification</em>, historian Pauline Maier uncovers the contentious debates behind a political document that many Americans once opposed.
December 3, 2010 -
Harrell convenes thought-leaders to catalyze new research informed by science, humanities and arts disciplines
December 2, 2010 -
MISTI 2.0 selects new grantees
Seven student projects awarded funding.
December 1, 2010 -
Said and Done
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for November 2010
November 29, 2010 -
MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard Scholars
Program brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.
November 23, 2010 -
How wise are crowds?
By melding economics and engineering, researchers show that as social networks get larger, they usually get better at sorting fact from fiction.
November 16, 2010 -
Explained: Currency wars
Countries are clashing over their currency prices. Why?
November 15, 2010 -
7 win presidential early career honors
MIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.
November 8, 2010 -
MIT economist Peter Diamond wins Nobel Prize
Honored with two others for work on 'analysis of markets with search frictions'
October 11, 2010 -
Said and Done
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for July 2010
July 7, 2010 -
Said and Done
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences digest for April 2010
April 5, 2010 -
The sound and the query
Why do questions take the form they do? An MIT linguist explains how the noises we make help to shape the sentences we speak.
March 26, 2010