MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

“I like to say that I do the same thing the computer vision folks do, but instead I do it for hearing,” MIT profesesor Paris Smaragdis. @MIT_SCC @MITEngineering @MIT_MTA @MITEECS

This week's newsletter features a DEDP student and his work on improving public policy interventions, a new direction for an @mitlibraries initiative, and more. @MITEcon @MIT_CIS @JPAL_NA @JPAL

.@MIT_MTA prof Emily Richmond Pollock penned a chapter, "Musical Exchange and Soft Power," for the "Cambridge Companion to Music and Fascism," published by @CambridgeUP.

“At this point, at least for some students, homework is no longer a valid evaluation of their learning,” @mit_cmsw prof @eklopfer told @Newsweek.

RT @JPAL: In Egypt, 51% of employed workers have more education than their jobs require. 90% of unemployed respondents have a minimum acceptable wage above what they would likely earn in the informal private sector. Read the Egypt Impact Lab's findings:

RT @JPAL: At the start of COVID-19, people in India were hearing health advice over and over again, but not always acting on it.

.@MITPoliSci prof @cstewartiii spoke with @GBH about proposed primary ballot reforms in Massachusetts. “I am somebody who thinks that activists tend to overestimate the importance and the effects of voting reforms,” Stewart says. @MITelectionlab

.@JPAL_NA's recently launched Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub aims to drive evidence-informed approaches to housing stability.

“Race is a social division...so however hereditary intelligence is or isn’t tells you absolutely nothing about the vast populations loosely designated to a checkbox by their skin color,” @MIT_Sciwrite prof Angela Saini says. @NPRCodeSwitch

Join @HistoryMit, MITHIC, and SEAS for "Forgotten Histories and Possible Futures of Circular Economies," a day-long, in-person event on 11/14 at 9:30 am in @mitlibraries's Nexus at Hayden Library.

Senior @mit_nse major Aaron De Leon @MITEngineering says a MITHIC-supported course, "Green Steel, Green Jobs," "added a new dimension to my mental model of what human-centered engineering looks like." @MITanthropology @MITEngineering

“How should we think about MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences? With enthusiastic appreciation and gratitude,” @MIT President Sally Kornbluth told the #SHASS75 audience.

“A surge in ballots cast before Election Day doesn't necessarily mean more Americans will vote overall. That's because many of those voting early would have voted on Election Day anyway,” @cstewartiii told @NPR @MITPoliSci @MITelectionlab

RT @juskhoo: pitching the humanities @mit @MIT_SHASS

RT @MIT_SSP: In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Amy McAuliffe will discuss the Intelligence Community's (IC) mission and features of a "proper" IC-policy relationship, drawing on her experience as a senior CIA executive. Learn more: 🗓️10/28 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream

RT @MIT_CIS: We invite you to join a timely discussion at our upcoming Starr Forum: AI and Global Power: Democracy, Competition, and Control with Jake Sullivan, former US national security advisor, and Deb Roy, professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT, and director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC). 🗓️ November 18, 2026 | 4:30 – 6:00pm ET 📍 Building E51, 115, Wong Auditorium 🌐 Learn more and RSVP at Free & open to the public. Refreshments will be served after the event in the main lobby. @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci @medialab @jakejsullivan @dkroy #nationalsecurity #AI #geopolitics #democracy #techpolicy

RT @JPAL_NA: We’re 5 days away from the launch of our Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub, developed with @LEO’s @PhillipsEcon . Register now for our virtual launch event to learn how the Hub can inform your work paving evidence-informed paths to housing stability.

RT @MIT_CIS: We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming Focus on Eurasia event, Innovation on Steroids: What are we Learning from the Ukraine War? Erik Lin-Greenberg's research examines how emerging military technology affects conflict dynamics and the regulation and use of force. His book, The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft (Cornell University Press), explores how remote warfighting technologies are reshaping international politics. In other ongoing projects, he explores how technology and public opinion influence international politics and decisions on the use of force. Gene Keselman has held leadership positions in a range of start-ups: he is the co-founder of ServDAO and formerly co-founder of Esports One and the Foundation for Innovation and Discovery (FINND), where he is now a board director. He sits on the Reagan Institute’s National Security Industrial Base Advisory Board, supports numerous startups as a board advisor and has also been a space and defense industry consultant. As a military officer in the Air Force Reserves, Colonel Keselman works as the senior Reservist and Director, Strategic Incubation & SSG Reserve Program for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Strategic Studies Group (SSG). 🗓️ October 26, 2026 | 4:30 – 6:00 pm ET 📍 Building 3, 270 🌐 RSVP to attend in-person or online at @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci @CornellPress @MITSloan @eriklg @GeneKeselman #ukraine #war

Can AI hallucinate? "There is a connection between the surprising and creative conclusions AI can offer and errors or hallucinations," @HistoryMit professor Benjamin Lindquist says. @MIT_SCC @MITEECS