Looking at justice through the lens of political theory
In Bernardo Zacka’s class 17.01, students explore human values and the many ways of imagining a just society.
Inside "The Laughing Room"
An artificial intelligence-powered laugh track amuses and unsettles in interactive installations by Jonny Sun.
What game theory tells us about politics and society
Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics.
Populism: a case-by-case study
MIT Starr Forum panel discusses extreme forms of populism that have endangered basic civil liberties and spawned intolerant rhetoric.
MIT Open Learning launches Center for Advanced Virtuality
The new center will explore how MIT can use virtual reality and artificial intelligence and other technologies to better serve human needs.
Arts benefactor makes lead gift for new MIT music building
Commitment signals transformative moment for the Institute’s music programming.
When Japan met the world
Inspired by a family background with extensive U.S-Japan ties, historian Hiromu Nagahara explores Japan’s cultural links to other societies.
Exploring school choice
MIT School Access and Quality Summit brings policymakers, educators, and researchers together to examine strategies and ways to measure effectiveness.
I think, therefore I code
Senior Jessy Lin, a double major in EECS and philosophy, is programming for social good.
Times Higher Education ranks MIT No.1 in business and economics, No.2 in arts and humanities
Worldwide honors for 2019 span three MIT schools.
A bottom-up view of the state
Embedded with street-level bureaucrats, political theorist Bernardo Zacka reveals the complex moral landscape civil servants must navigate.
Professor Emerita Catherine Chvany, Slavic scholar, dies at 91
Internationally renowned for her works in Slavic poetics and linguistics, Chvany also mentored several generations of scholars.
3 Questions: Stephen Van Evera revisits World War I
A century after its bitter end, the political science professor calls the Great War a wellspring of the 20th century's horrors and tragedies.
Inside the world of livestreaming as entertainment
T.L. Taylor looks at how computer gaming and other forms of online broadcasting became big-time spectator sports.
To build new college, MIT seeks campus and alumni input
Opportunities and new challenges were at the forefront of discussions about the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.