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The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is home to scholars and artists who are doing transformative work in fields that are vital to addressing the world’s most important challenges.</p> </div> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/about-the-school/about-shass/" class="button">Learn more about SHASS</a> </div> </div> <div class="tab-cards"> <div class="tab-cards--prime"> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/bridging-philosophy-and-ai-to-explore-computing-ethics-0211" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mit-solar-lezama-skow.png" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Bridging philosophy and AI to explore computing ethics</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>In a new MIT course co-taught by EECS and philosophy professors, 6.C40/24.C40 (Ethics of Computing), students tackle moral dilemmas of the digital age.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> </div> <div class="tab-cards--more"> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/making-classical-music-math-more-accessible-holden-mui-1219" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/holden-mui-mit-00.jpeg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Making classical music and math more accessible</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>In math and in music, senior Holden Mui values interesting ideas, solving problems creatively, and finding meaning in their structures. “People want fresh, new, non-recycled approaches to math and music,” he says.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/audrey-lorvo-aligning-ai-human-values-0204" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SHASS_ABO_AUDREY-LORVO-01-press-scaled.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Aligning AI with human values</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Senior Audrey Lorvo is researching AI safety, which seeks to ensure increasingly intelligent AI models are reliable and can benefit humanity. The growing field focuses on technical challenges like robustness and AI alignment with human values, as well as societal concerns like transparency and accountability.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-frame" data-type="large" data-source="posts"> <div class="cols-row"> <div class="col-8"> <div class="intro body-content"> <p>Learn more about the research of our exceptional faculty.</p> </div> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/meet-our-community/faculty-academic-staff/" class="button">Meet the faculty </a> </div> </div> <div class="tab-cards"> <div class="tab-cards--prime"> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/timeless-virtues-new-technologies-david-mindell-book-0205" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MIT-LunarSociety-01-press.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Timeless virtues, new technologies</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>A new book by David Mindell, the Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing in MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, draws from the Enlightenment to show how today’s inventors can produce useful technologies and good jobs.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" 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problems kids in school do well.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/examining-american-attitudes-global-climate-policies-0110" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MIT-News_2000x3000px.png" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Examining American attitudes on global climate policies</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Evan Lieberman, director of MIT’s Center for International Studies, describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations. “Our research suggests that emphasizing a bit of blaming and shaming is more powerful than more diffuse messages of shared responsibility,” he explains.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-frame" data-type="large" data-source="posts"> <div class="cols-row"> <div class="col-8"> <div class="intro body-content"> <p>SHASS offers an wide array of events through our departments, programs, and centers. We’ve featured some upcoming events below. See our <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/news-events/events/">events calendar</a> for opportunities to drink tea with luminaries from SHASS fields, hear groundbreaking ideas at a symposium, or attend a film screening.</p> </div> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/news-events/events/" class="button">View all events</a> </div> </div> <div class="tab-cards"> <div class="tab-cards--prime"> <a class="card" href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/justice-in-and-for-palestinean-academic-perspective" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP21113249578925.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Justice in and for Palestine: An Academic Perspective</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>MIT’s History department presents “Justice in and for Palestine: An Academic Perspective,” a discussion featuring University of Exeter history professor Ilan Pappe, on Thursday, February 20 at 5:30 p.m. in MIT’s Stata Center. The public lecture centers on the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> </div> <div class="tab-cards--more"> <a class="card" href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/wild-surroundings-kinetic-in-concert" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dbff23998e22aa269f9df3e08dd01c6982e7e677.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Wild Surroundings: Kinetic in Concert</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Kinetic Ensemble presents Wild Surroundings: Kinetic in Concert, an immersive performance experience at MIT’s new Thomas Tull Concert Hall. Saturday, Feb. 22, 7:30-9:00 pm.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> <a class="card" href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/healthcare-access-among-forcibly-displaced-persons-the-intersection-of-trust-technology-and-basic-science" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9d1c23da97a4c6c028423983e54b39d0499d579f.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Healthcare Access Among Forcibly Displaced Persons</h3> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>The Center for International Studies presents Healthcare Access Among Forcibly Displaced Persons: The Intersection of Trust, Technology, and Basic Science on Monday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m. in Building E40-496 (Pye Conference Room). Join Boston University’s Muhammad Zaman as he examines challenges faced by people displaced due to conflict, persecution, climate change, and other issues. </p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.3736 1.95964L22.0807 11.6667L12.3736 21.3739L10.9594 19.9596L19.2523 11.6667L10.9594 3.37385L12.3736 1.95964Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M20.6665 12.6667L2.6665 12.6667V10.6667L20.6665 10.6667V12.6667Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(e) { const tabSet = document.querySelectorAll('.tab-set > div'), tabFrames = document.querySelectorAll('.tab-frame'); tabSet.forEach((tab, ndx) => { tab.addEventListener('click', function() { if(!tab.classList.contains('sel')) { document.querySelector('.tab-set > div.sel').classList.remove('sel'); tab.classList.add('sel'); tabFrames.forEach((frame) => { frame.style.display = "none" }); tabFrames[ndx].style.display = "block"; } }) }) }); </script> </section> <section id="featuredspotlights_ee3a9ecd9a7f76677aa1d0d0abd227b2" class="featured-spotlights sideline block-vert-spacer"> <div class="featured-spotlights--bg" style="background: url(https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/featured-spotlight-bg-1024x472.png) 85% 50% no-repeat; background-size: cover;"></div> <div class="block-content"> <h2 class="header">SHASS community spotlight</h2> <div class="featured-spotlights--content body-content"> <p>The SHASS community is made of inspiring students, staff, and faculty. Meet these individuals who have big impacts in the corridors of MIT and beyond.</p> </div> <div class="featured-spotlights--row"> <div> <a class="card spotlight" > <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MIT_Isaiah-Andrews_Hilton-01-PRESS_0.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Meet Isaiah Andrews</h3> <div class="sub-header"><p>Professor<br /> Department of Economics</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/through-econometrics-isaiah-andrews-makes-research-more-robust-0609" class="button" target="_blank">Read more</a> </div> <div> <a class="card spotlight" > <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Huang-headshot.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Meet Willow Huang</h3> <div class="sub-header"><p>Computation and cognition major<br /> German minor</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/people/willow-huang/" class="button" target="_blank">Read more</a> </div> <div> <a class="card spotlight" > <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://shass.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/headshot_jms-e1731011371202.jpg" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">Meet Julia Martyn-Shah</h3> <div class="sub-header"><p>Assistant Director for Academic Programs Administration<br /> Department of Economics</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/people/julia-martyn-shah/" class="button">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="rowtitlecontent_4169f7e1b927b1de183e03eb68e3de12" class="news-overview sideline block-vert-spacer"> <div class="block-content"> <h2 class="header"><p>Latest news from SHASS</p> </h2> <div class="body-content"><p>Our work has broad impact at MIT and across the globe. Read the latest about new ideas coming out of SHASS.</p> </div> <a href="https://shass.mit.edu/news-events/" class="button">View all news</a> <div class="news-overview--columns"> <div class="news-overview--news-cards"> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-faculty-alumni-named-sloan-research-fellows-0220" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article__cover_image__original/public/images/202502/mit-2025-sloan-research-fellows.jpg?itok=RLKy3t87" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows</h3> </div> <div class="card-meta"> <div class="date">February 20, 2025</div> <div class="author">School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences</div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M5.77814 4.63609H19.5061V18.364H17.5061V6.63609H5.77814V4.63609Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M19.2132 6.34337L6.48526 19.0713L5.07104 17.6571L17.799 4.92915L19.2132 6.34337Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/j-wafs-supporting-food-water-research-across-mit-0219" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article__cover_image__original/public/images/202502/mit-j-wafs-10-years.jpg?itok=z3FkVrYX" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT</h3> </div> <div class="card-meta"> <div class="date">February 19, 2025</div> <div class="author">Longzhen Han </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M5.77814 4.63609H19.5061V18.364H17.5061V6.63609H5.77814V4.63609Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M19.2132 6.34337L6.48526 19.0713L5.07104 17.6571L17.799 4.92915L19.2132 6.34337Z" fill="#9933FF"/> </svg> </span> </div> </a> <a class="card" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-human-insight-collaborative-shass-faculty-fellows-program-0219" target="_blank"> <img decoding="async" class="card-image" src="https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article__cover_image__original/public/images/202502/mit-aerial-winter-east-campus.png?itok=8uj5LXU0" /> <div class="card-frame"> <div class="title-leads-set"> <div> <h3 class="header">MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows program</h3> </div> <div class="card-meta"> <div class="date">February 19, 2025</div> <div class="author">Benjamin Daniel </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <p>The new initiative will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities.</p> </div> <span class="card-cta-label"><span>Read more</span><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M5.77814 4.63609H19.5061V18.364H17.5061V6.63609H5.77814V4.63609Z" fill="#9933FF"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M19.2132 6.34337L6.48526 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