Students launch MIT INSPIRE competition
MIT hosts the first national high school-age competition for research projects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
Melissa Nobles named dean of SHASS
Political scientist and department head to lead School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Donca Steriade: Searching for the building blocks of language
The most comprehensive survey of rhyme ever made reveals a new possibility for one of the essential units of language.
Political scientist Fotini Christia receives Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Program fosters humanistic/social science research to solve complex issues.
MIT Libraries’ Program on Information Science awarded Sloan Foundation grant
Funding will support the development of tools for sharing confidential research data while retaining data privacy.
Lily Tsai receives the 2015 Levitan Prize
Founder of MIT Governance Lab researches new forms of civic engagement and creates immersive opportunities for MIT students around the world.
SHASS names 35 exceptional MIT students as Burchard Scholars for 2015
Award honors sophomores and juniors who demonstrate academic excellence in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, as well as in science and engineering.
An anthropologist’s lasting legacy at MIT
Longtime professor and MacVicar Faculty Fellow Jean Jackson retires after 42 years at MIT.
Fitzgerald to step down as dean of SHASS
After nine years, dean will return to her position as a professor of the history of technology.
MIT Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative launches
Inaugural event, “Examining Ebola,” probes the current global public health emergency from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
Should scientists handle retractions differently?
Study: Retracted papers needlessly stigmatize and jeopardize solid research in related fields.
