School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences

The Medium Is the Meditation

Behind the scenes of a student-created VR experience

An MIT science writer traces the hunt for extrasolar planets

Leaders of SHASS and the Media Lab weigh in on the social implications of AI

Expanding engineers’ horizons beyond engineering is essential to addressing the field’s gender imbalance, says sociologist Susan Silbey

A student-built letterpress in Barker Library

A new initiative from the Jameel Poverty Action Lab helps policy makers worldwide embrace the value of evidence

The nonpartisan MIT Election Data and Science Lab champions the efficiency, integrity, and transparency of the democratic process

The International Policy Lab helps faculty ideas take those last critical steps into the corridors of power

Pathways to Policy

Since 1984, the program has provided 2,100 military and civilian fellows with policy training