MIT’s Program in STS is pleased to announce it has awarded the 2025-2026 L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology to C Jacob… The post L. Dennis Shapiro Fellowship Announcement appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
Professor Oliver Rollins has published a new essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series in the LA Review of Books. It explores recent developments in the “new… The post Professor Oliver Rollins Publishes New Essay in LA Review of Books – “Murderous Genes and Criminal Brains” appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
The Program in STS is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology. All MIT… The post Call for Nominations: 2025-2026 L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Fellowship appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
Professor David Kaiser has published an article in Physics Today. Marking the hundredth anniversary of quantum mechanics, he writes about a group of maverick physicists who studied the foundations of quantum… The post David Kaiser in Physics Today – Hippies, Bell tests, and a Career Studying Quantum Entanglement appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
What happens when brain science enters the courtroom? And how do we make sense of new technologies that claim to detect, or even predict, criminal intent or mental state? In… The post How Neuroscience is Shaping Justice – A Conversation with Oliver Rollins appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
The winner of the 2025 MIT Press Faculty Book Award is “The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines” (2023), by David Autor, the Ford… The post Professor David Mindell Wins MIT Press Faculty Book Award appeared first on MIT STS.| MIT STS
Beneath the biotech boom Peter Dizikes | MIT News Publication Date: April 16, 2025 Photo Credits: Emily Dahl; MIT News MIT historian of science Robin Scheffler looks at the public discussions…| MIT STS
Announcing Fall 2025 Class Schedules: Click here for undergraduate classes and here for Graduate classes| MIT STS
Usha Lee McFarling named director of the Knight Science Journalism Program McFarling, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and national science correspondent for STAT, was a 1992-93 Knight Science Journalism Fellow. The Knight Science…| MIT STS