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06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Exploring the vulnerabilities of the current multilateral order – and the innovative practices required to strengthen global cooperation

06/03/2026

Ten MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants to conduct research in countries across the world. Five other students declined their awards to pursue other opportunities, and another student is still deciding. In total, 16 of MIT’s...

06/03/2026

In this week's newsletter, we're celebrating our 2026 graduates, celebrating our MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing students' collaboration with AP, celebrating staff and faculty award winners, and more! https://mailchi.mp/mit/shass-weekly-06032026

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06/03/2026

MIT’s Ken Urban, Senior Lecturer and Director of Dramatic Writing in the MIT Music & Theater Arts Section, won an Elliot Norton Awards for the script to his play “The Moderate,” which debuted at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge.

Hundreds of theater makers and theater lovers gathered at The Huntington Theatre Monday for the 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The ceremony, which celebrates theater productions in the Greater Boston area, and is presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association, awarded actors, designers, play...

06/03/2026

MIT Political Science professor and director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab Charles Stewart, III spoke with Newsweek about the state’s ballot counting process and its potential impact on voters’ confidence in the electoral process. "California’s Legislature has decided to listen to election rights groups more than other states in an effort to make sure that every vote counts," he says.

While Californians cast ballots Tuesday for a series of contests, outcomes may not be known for days, or even weeks.

06/02/2026

"How do you design the machine to be contributing to normatively positive outcomes," MIT Political Science professor and MIT Governance Lab director and founder Lily Tsai asks.

Tsai sat on the AI and Politics panel during the AI and Society Forum, held on Tuesday, May 12 at the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building in the Thomas Tull Concert Hall. The Forum gathered MIT experts to address questions about AI's impact on employment, democracy, and society.

06/02/2026

New research co-authored by Daniel Aronoff PhD ‘22, a research affiliate in MIT Economics, offers recommendations on how to fine-tune environmental policy such that wetlands conservation can occur alongside economic development.

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A study of wetlands conservation policy in Florida and California suggests a way to reduce flood damage while retaining economic gains from development. The study recommends both an offset policy and a locally varying tax on development to compensate for increased flood risk.

06/02/2026

Jim Walsh, a research associate with the MIT Security Studies Program, speaks with NPR’s Here and Now regarding the cessation of Iranian/Israeli peace talks due to Israel’s continued push into Lebanon. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/06/01/iran-israel-lebanon-talks MIT Center for International Studies MIT Political Science

Israel announced it’s expanding attacks in Lebanon, targeting the outskirts of Beirut.

06/01/2026

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