In postcolonial Ghana, a fresh start but not a blank slate
A new study of the country’s bureaucracy shows the challenges of state-building at the moment of independence.
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Hashim Sarkis to step down as dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
During a dozen years of leadership, Sarkis championed projects that advanced research, education, and public engagement, and helped design thrive at MIT.
At MIT, Martha Minow speaks on sustaining democracy, both by using and overcoming AI
In Compton Lecture, the distinguished legal scholar warns of potential “loss of the Enlightenment” while suggesting ways innovations can meet our civic and cultural needs.
Tod Machover’s new symphony plays with AI while reflecting on democracy
The MIT composer’s inventive “already and not yet,” premiering at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, uses new AI tools to create interplay with musicians while thematically exploring the fortunes of democracy.
Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society
In a new book, Professor Eric So explores how the technology affects our thinking skills.
Q&A: Building accountability behind our words — and AI’s — in civic conversations
Professor Deb Roy contends there should be someone who is “answerable” for every piece of text in public life, no matter its origins.
Economists Robert Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 share Nobel Prize
The MIT alumni are honored for work that illuminates how government policy can spur growth in response to economic downturns.
MIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the country
The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI.
Met Warehouse dedication ceremony launches new era
Once a storage castle, now a design stronghold, the landmark building is a major new hub at MIT.
Governor Healey and President Kornbluth launch MIT Future Fest
The new, five-day MIT event reaches takeoff with a forum about discovery and innovation.
Who we become when we talk to machines
Professor Sherry Turkle’s new book, “Artificial Intimacy,” offers a withering critique of chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage.
The promise and peril of using visual AI to study cities
In their new book, “How AI Sees the City,” the leaders of MIT’s Senseable City Lab examine the technology’s implications for researching urban life.
Podcast: SHASS’s special sauce
Established after World War II, the School of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is an integral part of the MIT experience. Three faculty reflect on the school’s ongoing impact.
Measure by measure, studying society accurately
Naoki Egami has become a standout in political methodology, helping refine tools that give scholars durable results.
Study predicts large disparities in access to food, water, and energy in 2050
In some regions of the world, the poorest people may spend about 50 percent of their income on food, while the richest spend about 5 percent.