MIT anthropology professor Heather Paxson has been named associate dean for faculty of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), effective July 1.
MIT students, faculty, and staff recently experimented with a Steinway Spirio | r, a piano embedded with technology for live performance capture and playback.
The Burchard Scholars dinner series helps create conversations between academic disciplines including physics, engineering, philosophy, and economics. The program pairs MIT sophomores and juniors with Faculty Fellows to discuss important ideas.