Society
New MIT class uses anthropology to improve chatbots
MIT computer science students design AI chatbots to help young users become more social, and socially confiden...
Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy
Strahinja Janjusevic brings an international perspective and US Naval Academy education to his graduate resear...
New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty
Project AI Evidence will connect governments, tech companies, and nonprofits with world-class economists at MI...
Times Higher Education ranks MIT No. 1 in arts and humanities, business and economics, and social sciences for 2026
Top worldwide honors span disciplines across three MIT schools for the second year in a row.
How MIT’s 10th president shaped the Cold War
For several decades beginning in the 1950s, the Killian Report set the frontiers of military technology, intel...
Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
He joins Nikos Trichakis in guiding the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence
As AI technology advances, a new interdisciplinary course seeks to equip students with foundational critical t...
“MIT Open Learning has opened doors I never imagined possible”
Munip Utama applies knowledge from the MITx MicroMasters Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy to h...
Demystifying college for enlisted veterans and service members
For nearly a decade, the MIT Warrior-Scholar Project STEM boot camp has helped enlisted members of the militar...
The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music
Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refa...
This new tool could tell us how consciousness works
Researchers propose a roadmap for using transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive way to stimulate the br...
A new lens on humanity
The inaugural MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) Annual Event showcased the breadth of projects supporte...
Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27
The program recognizes outstanding mentorship of graduate students.
Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work Launches at MIT
Recent launch event for the center featured discussions on pro-worker AI, wealth inequality, and the future of...
Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27
The program recognizes outstanding mentorship of graduate students.
New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age
The new certificate program will equip naval officers with skills needed to solve the military’s hardest probl...