Energy, Environment, and Society (STS.032) with Prof. Chakanetsa Mavhunga, MIT STS Program.
Providing context for energy and sustainability issues is the major goal of STS.032, an elective for the Energy Studies…
STS In The News
The Program in Science, Technology, and Society seeks to build relationships among colleagues across the Institute in a shared effort to understand the human challenges at the core of the MIT mission.
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Each year MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society offers the Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize to the MIT student submitting the best written work (under 50 pages) on issues in science,…
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Washington Post: The history of using computers to distribute benefits like Biden’s relief checks, by Marc Aidinoff, HASTS graduate student
Mar 10, 2021
Marc Aidinoff, MIT HASTS Graduate Student, researches the intersection of technology policy and social policy in the United States. In this piece in the Washington Post, Marc helps frame the current…
Fostering Ethical Thinking in Computing
New case studies series examines social, ethical, and policy challenges of present-day computing activities.
Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
March 2, 2021
Traditional…
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Just published! The Empathy Diaries, by Prof. Sherry Turkle
Mar 3, 2021
For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges.…
Faculty & Student Mentions, News
MIT STS Program Announces L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology
Feb 8, 2021
The STS Program is pleased to announce the L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology, thanks to a generous gift from MIT alum…
Faculty & Student Mentions, News
COVIDCalls: Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler
Feb 5, 2021
COVIDCalls: Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler
LINK TO PODCAST: EP #215 – 02.04.2021 – Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler…
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Drinks With The Deal: MIT’s Will Deringer
Jan 29, 2021
MIT historian of finance Will Deringer talks about what he learned from his time as a Blackstone analyst, Michael Milken and early spreadsheet programs, the South Sea Bubble and the many…