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MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences retweeted
Cheers to a great discussion at our Starr Forum: Housing the World: Inequality, Informality, and the Future of Cities. For those who are interested, here is a recording of the event: youtu.be/EGeTTsSLvCg
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In this week's newsletter, discover what @MITphilosophy prof Brian Hedden's research reveals about human reason, meet the incoming @MIT_CIS Robert E. Wilhelm Fellows, learn how @MITWGS complements students' STEM educations, and more. mailchi.mp/mit/shass-weekly-…
ALT MIT EECS and Philosophy professor Brian Hedden
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How does an evaluation's design impact a study's credibility?
When researchers design a study—including randomized evaluations—they rely on assumptions, like the assumption that people in a study are split into truly random groups. The credibility of any impact evaluation depends on whether those assumptions are plausible in a given context. J-PAL Research and Training Lead Michala Riis-Vestergaard explores what those assumptions are, why they matter, and how to assess them across different evaluation designs.
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During our 75th Anniversary Symposium, we asked people to reflect on SHASS' value. In this video, MIT linguist Norvin Richards, @MITEcon prof and department head @davidautor, and alumna Ankita Reddy '19 share their ideas.
“When you’re bathing in the warm soup of total acceptance, talking to chatbots becomes the endgame,” @MITPSTS prof @STurkle told @WIRED. wired.com/story/maybe-chatbo…
MIT political scientist @cstewartiii spoke with @NPR about elections and the false narratives that can accompany them. "California just has a big target on its back," Stewart said. npr.org/2026/10/19/nx-s1-598… @MITPoliSci @MITelectionlab
“Giving Americans at all income levels at least some investments that will appreciate over time is better than nothing,” @MITEcon prof @davidautor told @TheAtlantic regarding universal basic income proposals. @Forbes forbes.com/sites/alisondurke…
During #SHASS75, SHASS dean and @MITphilosophy prof Agustín Rayo described the importance of the humanities in arriving at a better understanding of the human experience.
MIT students! Submit your Burchard Scholars Program applications today and join a distinguished group of students who've made significant contributions in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Applications due 12/1! bit.ly/3VGIyWM
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During the #SHASS75 Symposium, @MITPoliSci and @MITEECS professor Bailey Flanigan described changes in voter behavior she's observed in the age of AI. @MIT_SCC
MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences retweeted
Join us this week for Reporting from Contemporary Italy: Q&A with Jason Horowitz, New York Times Europe Correspondent.
As Rome Bureau Chief for the New York Times for the last eight years, Jason Horowitz reported from the front lines of Italy and the Mediterranean region. In his new book The Italian Job: A Memoir of an American Reporter in Rome, he shares an insider’s view of politics and culture in Italy today, including the rise of Giorgia Meloni and the election of the first North American Pope.
🗓️ October 14, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm ET
📍 Building 2-105
🌐 Learn more at bit.ly/ReportingfromContempo…
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.@MITEcon prof @davidautor spoke with @FortuneMagazine about research suggesting that AI may not, as has been suggested, help younger, less experienced employees produce better work. fortune.com/2026/10/10/david…
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Economists Robert E. Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 share Nobel prize: The MIT alumni are honored for work that illuminates how government policy can spur growth in response to economic downturns. news.mit.edu/2026/robert-hal…
Today we're celebrating the life and legacy of MIT alumnus Neil Pappalardo. shass.mit.edu/visionary-gene… @MIT_MTA
MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences retweeted
Through the @MIT Concourse program, first-year students study the humanities alongside their math and science GIRs. It's a place, says senior Johnnie Jones VI, where "magic happens." @MIT_SHASS
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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
ALT Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.
MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences retweeted
Electricity access is essential for growth, but household connections alone haven't been enough to boost jobs and incomes.
New J-PAL blog: how pairing power with support for firms could build productive demand, and why rigorous evidence matters: bit.ly/4gYICJC
MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences retweeted
Health systems have spent decades expanding access to care—but access to what kind of care matters.
A randomized evaluation in Nigeria shows: posting recently graduated doctors to rural facilities closed the rural-urban infant mortality gap.
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We are pleased to announce that SSP Research Affiliate Fiona Cunningham has been awarded the 2025 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security (Princeton University Press, 2025).
🎉Congratulations, Fiona!
The award, presented by @mershoncenter for International Security Studies, is conferred on a first book in English that makes an exceptional contribution to the understanding of international, national, or human security. Learn more: mershoncenter.osu.edu/news/f…
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Medicare's voluntary bundled payment program cut spending by $324 per patient. But hospital bonuses exceeded those savings, leaving Medicare with net losses of $171 million over four years.
New research from Affiliate @instrumenthull and co-authors: blueprintlabs.mit.edu/resear…
