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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…

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Fostering Ethical Thinking in Computing

Mar 3, 2021

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.…

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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…

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Alondra Nelson, 2020 Morison lecturer, appointed as WH Deputy Director for Science and Society in the Office of Sci/Tech Policy in Biden-Harris administration

Jan 21, 2021

Our colleague in STS, Alondra Nelson (and the 2020 Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society lecturer), has been appointed as Deputy Director for Science and Society in the…

Faculty & Student Mentions, News

Physics World: The best of physics in books, TV and film in 2020

Jan 8, 2021

Prof. Dave Kaiser’s book, Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World (Univ Chicago Press, 2020), is featured in Physics World: The best of physics in books, TV and film in 2020.…
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