Oct 30, 2025 · How social structure influences the way people share money A new study shows that belonging to age-based groups, common in some global regions, influences finances and health.

Jul 7, 2025 · A new MIT course taught by Department of Political Science Professor Daniel Hidalgo, 17.831 (Data and Politics), is a practice-based class that helps students parse and understand data …

Jul 31, 2025 · Fourteen new professors join MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Economics, History, Linguistics and Philosophy, Music and Theater Arts, and Political Science within the …

Nov 4, 2024 · The MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) is a new MIT initiative that aims to elevate human-centered research and teaching, and bring together scholars in the humanities, arts, and …

Jun 8, 2023 · MIT undergraduate and graduate students from a range of majors, including urban studies and planning, political science, mathematics, biology, electrical engineering and computer science, …

Feb 4, 2025 · MIT senior Audrey Lorvo's research into AI safety aims to reduce risks associated with artificial intelligence, its implementation, and human impacts.

Mar 3, 2025 · The 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings has ranked MIT first in three subject categories: Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, and Social Sciences.

Mar 12, 2025 · It featured talks about the power of storytelling, the role of social media and generative artificial intelligence in our information landscape, and why discussions about certain science topics …

Sep 18, 2025 · MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty Sara Brown, Naoki Egami, Rachel Fraser, Brian Hedden, Viola Schmitt, and Miguel Zenón were granted tenure in 2025.

Oct 22, 2025 · MIT research shows users make assumptions about the social context of data visualizations based on design elements. These inferences can impact the degree to which users …