MIT SHASS announces appointment of new heads for 2024-25
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences appoints new heads across multiple academic units.
Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)
MIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science
“AI for endometriosis? If only there were data!”
STEM + humanities = a framework for understanding the world
Natasha Joglekar ’21 is eager to apply her MIT education, with a major in computer science and biology and a minor in women’s and gender studies, to a career in medical research.
Scientists as engaged citizens
In a new MIT class, students explore how STEM researchers bring their knowledge to major societal issues.
MIT hosts seven distinguished MLK Professors and Scholars for 2020-21
Honorees will engage in the life of the Institute through teaching, research, and other interactions with the MIT community.
Louis Kampf, professor emeritus of literature and women's and gender studies, dies at 91
As a teacher, Kampf was consistently both a generous force of inclusion and a prod of conscience.
3 Questions: Professor Kenda Mutongi on Africa, women, power — and human decency
Mutongi discusses the connection between Kenyan widows and the #MeToo movement, myths of African entrepreneurship, and the wider implications of her research.
Computing and artificial intelligence: Humanistic perspectives from MIT
How the humanities, arts, and social science fields can help shape the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing — and benefit from advanced computing.
For the women of McCormick, a new space in which to create
MIT residence hall opens a craft studio to promote creativity and belonging.
2019 Change-Makers honored for fighting sexual misconduct
Violence Prevention and Response and Title IX and Bias Response Office celebrate individuals and departments for standing up to sexual harassment and assault.
Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem invites MIT community to practice mindfulness
“Look up from your computer. And see the blue sky that brings you joy.”
Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering
Women make up 49.5 percent of MIT’s undergraduates in mechanical engineering, due to department’s proactive approach, study finds.
My Sister's Keeper builds community for black women students at MIT
New organization aims to increase connections, mentoring, and success.
Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.