Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT
The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens
Associate Professor Dwai Banerjee examines topics ranging from cancer care to the history of computing.
Times Higher Education ranks MIT No. 1 in arts and humanities, business and economics, and social sciences
Worldwide honors for 2025 span disciplines across three schools.
MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows program
The new initiative will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities.
Mixing joy and resolve, event celebrates women in science and addresses persistent inequalities
The Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lectures and Workshops presented inspiring examples of success, even as the event evoked frank discussions of the barriers that still hinder many women in science.
3 Questions: Bridging anthropology and engineering for clean energy in Mongolia
Anthropologists Manduhai Buyandelger and Lauren Bonilla discuss the humanistic perspective they bring to a project that is yielding promising results.
Meet the 2024 tenured professors in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes nine new faculty
New professors join anthropology, economics, history, linguistics, music and theater arts, and philosophy departments, as well as the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
MIT SHASS announces appointment of new heads for 2024-25
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences appoints new heads across multiple academic units.
Heather Paxson named associate dean for faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
In her new role, the professor of anthropology will seek to promote well-being and advancement within the SHASS community.
Projects investigating Swahili, global media win SHASS Humanities Awards
The awards offer opportunities to expand research into unique areas of scholarship.
Opening the doorway to drawing
In the new interdisciplinary course 21A.513 (Drawing Human Experience), students look within themselves for artistic inspiration.
Rowing in the right direction
Senior and MIT Crew member Tatum Wilhelm balances her chemical engineering and anthropology studies with early mornings on the Charles River.
Writing code, and decoding the world
Héctor Beltrán’s new book examines hackers in Mexico, whose work leads them to reflect on the roles they play in society.
A reciprocal relationship with the land in Hawaiʻi
Through community-based research with organizations that work to “hoʻomomona hou i ka ʻāina,” or “restore that which feeds back to abundance,” PhD student Aja Grande has embarked on a healing journey of her own.