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“Our students build some tech, then use it in a creative and artistic way,” says Eran Egozy, a professor of the practice. “Music technology is the quintessential multidisciplinary field, and this kind of multimodal thinking is increasingly important as we educate tomorrow’s leaders.”

Music technology accelerates at MIT

An increasingly popular program is drawing students eager to build — and use — the next generation of tools for making music.

December 18, 2018

East Campus students try on firefighter gear, while Cambridge Fire Department members explain the gear’s purpose.

Hot stuff: East Campus Fire Safety Day

At a hands-on event, East Campus dorm students learned about fire safety from members of the Cambridge Fire Department and staff from several MIT departments.

December 18, 2018

Building a more inclusive future, worldwide

An avid traveler, organizer, and educator, senior Kathleen Schwind helps others develop skills in negotiation and leadership.

December 10, 2018

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.

December 6, 2018

Video from "The Laughing Room," an interactive installation at Cambridge Public Library, was shown live on monitors at Hayden Library and streamed online.

Inside "The Laughing Room"

An artificial intelligence-powered laugh track amuses and unsettles in interactive installations by Jonny Sun.

December 5, 2018

What game theory tells us about politics and society

Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics.

December 4, 2018

In a recent Starr Forum, Sana Aiyar, an associate professor of history at MIT, explored ways in which populist nationalism has reversed the progressive and inclusive policies of post-independence India.

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.

November 29, 2018

Professor and MIT Virtuality Director Fox Harrell is seeking to determine how MIT could use extended reality technologies, both on campus and beyond, to better serve human needs through artful innovation of virtual experiences.

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.

November 27, 2018

At a recent meeting, the MIT AI Ethics Reading Group debated options for teaching ethics in a traditional computer science curriculum. Postdoc Abby Jaques (left) is developing ethics modules that can be incorporated into existing coursework.

Student group explores the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence

MIT AI Ethics Reading Group was founded by students who saw firsthand how technology developed with good intentions could be problematic.

November 27, 2018

A cornerstone gift will help build a new state-of-the-art music facility at MIT.

Arts benefactor makes lead gift for new MIT music building

Commitment signals transformative moment for the Institute’s music programming.

November 25, 2018

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.

November 20, 2018

Joshua Angrist, co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative and the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, speaks at this year's MIT School Access and Quality Summit.

Exploring school choice

MIT School Access and Quality Summit brings policymakers, educators, and researchers together to examine strategies and ways to measure effectiveness.

November 20, 2018

Jessy Lin, an MIT senior double-majoring in electrical engineering and computer science and in philosophy.

I think, therefore I code

Senior Jessy Lin, a double major in EECS and philosophy, is programming for social good.

November 15, 2018

“At MIT, we know that solving challenging problems requires the combined knowledge and insight from many fields. The world’s complex issues are not only scientific and technological problems; they are as much human and ethical problems,” says Melissa Nobles, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

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.

November 15, 2018

For his doctoral research exploring the everyday moral lives of workers at an antipoverty agency, Bernardo Zacka didn't just observe and report. He joined as a participant, working as a receptionist at the agency over a period of eight months.

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.

November 14, 2018

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