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    May 25

    "Whatever our background, a fair and viable justice system must be one of the bedrocks of American ." — Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean of MIT SHASS. Explore MIT's humanistic resources for Making a Just Society:

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    Although some state leaders have removed unemployment benefits in hopes of solving hiring challenges, Nobel laureate and MIT economist Esther Duflo says: "This is not the reason people aren’t going back to work as quickly as we think they ought to."

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    “We are too big a nation to have all of our innovation concentrated on the coasts.” MIT economist encourages the U.S. to launch a program to make our country's manufacturing and innovation ecosystem more geographically diverse.

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    "Whatever our background, a fair and viable justice system must be one of the bedrocks of American democracy." — Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean of MIT SHASS. Explore MIT's humanistic resources for making a just society

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    4 hours ago

    in 1924, James Baldwin was born in Harlem, NY. He'd later become one of America's greatest literary voices. Baldwin's work interrogated themes of racial and sexual oppression in America and is regarded as one of the foremost intellectual thinkers of the 20th century.

    A black-and-white photograph of James Baldwin in a dark shirt. He is on a water taxi, crossing the Golden Horn in Istanbul in 1965. He smiles broadly as he looks off to the right. You can see buildings in the distance behind him.
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  6. 4 hours ago

    Be your whole self at MIT! Students, explore the Institute's humanistic fields and consider a minor in one of 30 MIT humanities, arts, and social science (HASS) fields. Here's the portal:

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  7. 9 hours ago

    MIT contains multitudes: Take an online tour of the Institute's acclaimed humanities, arts, and social science fields. (Fun fact: 100% of MIT undergraduates study these fields).

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    19 hours ago

    What is the fate of in the US and around the globe? Featuring:

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  9. 21 hours ago

    "Perhaps the most fundamental contribution of the arts and humanities is to make vivid the fact that the development of AI is not a matter of destiny, but instead involves successive waves of highly consequential human choices." — Commentary by

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  10. 23 hours ago

    Analysis: "The Miracle and Tragedy of the 2020 Election," by leading U.S. election experts Nathaniel Persily () of Stanford and Charles Stewart III () of MIT.

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  11. Aug 1

    Fascinating! MIT health economist explains the economics and psychology behind individuals who choose self-defeating behaviors (such as refusing a safe, potentially life-saving vaccine) in order to “signal" political loyalty.

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  12. Aug 1

    AI technology is already impacting the labor market, the criminal justice system, and our political discourse—not always beneficially. Institute Prof calls for societal/gov't oversight to regulate AI's effects on the economy and democracy.

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  13. Aug 1

    MIT Prof , an expert in constitutional law and Haitian history, says Haiti will benefit from a "political and constitutional reboot" combined with a "social contract in which int'l institutions support the country’s least well-off citizens."

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    Jul 30

    Read more about her research on the global diabetes epidemic in her 2019 book, Traveling with Sugar.

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  15. Jul 31

    Democracy, infrastructure, the Playwrights Lab, and our new A-Dean for DEI! Browse or peruse the July 2021 edition of "Said and Done" — the lively, distilled digest of research, news, and features from MIT's School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences.

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  16. Jul 31

    Space exploration has always captured our imaginations and united us in awe. Does that continue in the era of space as a playground for the ultra wealthy? — Marcia Bartusiak (), MIT Prof Emeritus, and Kelly Beatty, of Sky & Telescope, weigh in.

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    Jul 27

    In July 1921, researchers in Canada isolated the hormone insulin. This discovery profoundly changed the lives of people with diabetes. But insulin remains unaffordable and inaccessible in many parts of the world.

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  18. Jul 31

    A story from 2017: Led by MIT SHASS Prof. Jing Wang, the New Media Action Lab increases the impact of NGOs across China. The lab bridges the digital gap to improve social welfare for underserved populations in rural and urban China.

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  19. Jul 31

    With deep sadness, we share the news that Jing Wang, our beloved S.C. Fang Professor of Chinese Languages & Culture, has died, at 71. Professor Wang, who founded the China-based media activism nonprofit NGO2.0, taught in the MIT SHASS community since 2001.

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    Jul 28

    NOBEL PRIZE economist and professor at MIT, Esther Duflo, talks to us on today’s episode of . She uses developmental economics to solve global poverty- what a beast. Please enjoy!!!!

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    Jul 30

    Can communicating Covid-19 health protocols in a different format positively impact individuals’ adherence to safety measures? In this evaluation, researchers worked with 20,000 adults in Michigan to find out. Learn more about this ongoing study:

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