Comparative Media Studies/Writing

The SHASS Research Fund supports MIT research that shows promise of making an important contribution in the humanities, arts, or social sciences.

SHASS Research Fund names 10 recipients for 2018

January 3, 2018

The need for women and men who can engage the wider public with science and technology has never been greater. Graduates of MIT''s one-year master's program have earned some of the top awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize.

Bridging the gap between citizens and scientists

Alumni of the Graduate Program in Science Writing engage the public in critical issues ranging from medical breakthroughs to climate change.

December 15, 2017

Professor Lisa Parks is the co-editor of “Life in the Age of Drone Warfare,” published by Duke University Press.

3 Questions: Lisa Parks on drones, warfare, and the media

MIT media studies professor discusses new essay collection analyzing the impact of drones.

November 16, 2017

Jing Wang (bottom left), director of the MIT New Media Action Lab, facilitates a civic hackathon in collaboration with Tencent Cloud developers in Shenzhen, China. Wang and her nonprofit, NGO2.0, work to bridge the digital gap to improve social welfare for underserved populations in rural and urban China.

Helping NGOs make impacts across China

Cultural studies scholar Jing Wang, director of the New Media Action Lab, advances philanthropic solutions to the digital divide.

October 18, 2017

“The new museum will be an experimental place," says John Durant, director of the MIT Museum and a faculty member of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. "We are committed to the idea that the MIT Museum can operate along the same principles as the Institute as a whole. We want to try new ideas, test them, and report our findings.”

John Durant plans a new era for the MIT Museum

A new purpose-built museum will be an experimental place for wider conversations.

September 27, 2017

Justin Reich is director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab and assistant professor in Comparative Media Studies/Writing.

Increasing equity through educational technology

Assistant Professor Justin Reich looks to transform educational settings by equipping teachers with the technology tools they need to best serve all students.

August 30, 2017

Tuesday night, at the inaugural Play Labs demo event, 13 startups presented products they’ve developed in the accelerator. Afterward, the crowd was treated to live demonstrations of the technologies.

Demo day showcases serious innovation in “playful” tech

Play Labs startups include virtual pets, nausea-reducing virtual reality games, and augmented-reality paintballing.

August 17, 2017

Twenty high school girls from around the country participated in this year’s Women’s Technology Program (WTP), a four-week program that gives girls hands-on engineering experience in the lab and classroom. Pictured here, this summer’s WTP class takes a tour of the Pappalardo Lab.

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.

July 31, 2017

Left to right: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Media Lab Director Joi Ito joined Disobedience Award finalists Phyllis Young and LaDonna Brave Bull Allard; Betina Kaplan and Lorgia García-Peña; and James Hansen; along with winners Marc Edwards and Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Defiance: Disobedience for the good of all

MIT Media Lab summer event explores responsible dissent, embodied in its new Disobedience Award.

July 25, 2017

Play Labs announces first class of VR/AR/playful startups and demo session

First accelerator program on the MIT campus will showcase 12 startups across a mix of gaming, virtual reality, esports, and augmented reality technologies.

June 27, 2017

MIT student Neerja Aggarwal directed "Einstein's Dreams" on stage in the spring of 2017.

Featured video: Bringing “Einstein’s Dreams” to life

An MIT student in engineering and theater arts melds her dual passions to bring physics to the stage.

June 20, 2017

PhD student Danielle Olson believes we can make digital information-sharing more natural and interpersonal, by creating immersive media to better understand each other’s feelings and backgrounds.

Danielle Olson: Building empathy through computer science and art

CSAIL PhD student creates immersive media to help users understand each other’s backgrounds and feelings.

May 30, 2017

"Over the last 15 years, Muslim and South Asian Americans have been told that they are outsiders and newcomers to the United States," says MIT Associate Professor Vivek Bald, winner of the 2017 Levitan Prize. "One of the central goals of the Bengali Harlem project from the beginning — and this has become more important over time — is to demonstrate the longstanding presence of Muslims in the U...

Vivek Bald awarded Levitan Prize in the Humanities, named Whiting Public Engagement Fellow

Both awards support Bald's research-based media projects on South Asian American communities.

March 10, 2017

“The best part of being on the show has definitely been the great outpouring of support the MIT community has given me,” says senior Lilly Chin, the newly crowned “Jeopardy!” College Champion.

MIT senior Lilly Chin wins “Jeopardy!” College Championship

Chin takes the $100,000 grand prize, surpassing 14 on-air contestants and thousands of applicants from colleges around the U.S.

February 24, 2017

Play Labs, a playful tech accelerator for MIT students and alumni, launches

MIT Game Lab, Bayview Labs, and Seraph Group announce funding, facilities, and mentorship for startups focusing on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.

January 20, 2017

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