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Our distinguished faculty do field-defining work and develop the values, vision, and ethical compass of tomorrow’s leaders.

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

In honor of the holiday weekend commemorating 250 years of independence, here are 10 free MIT courses to spark your curiosity about the origins of the American Revolution. https://t.co/WNoSKUAEul

[MITPoliticalScience @MITPoliSci]

“The overarching pattern we find is that if you compare people who live in compound houses to residents of other housing types...there is a pretty big difference in political actions,” says Prof. Noah Nathan.
https://t.co/XYHovu03v7
@noahlnathan @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS

[J-PAL @JPAL]

Some parts of the DEDP experience stay with you long after the program ends.

A seminar that changes how you approach a problem.
A classmate who challenges your assumptions.
A shared commitment to using evidence where it matters most.

Individually, they’re moments. Together, they shape how you lead.

Start your journey: Enroll in online DEDP MicroMasters courses to discover what will become your favorite part.

https://t.co/Y0jRbiZ8yl

[MIT Blueprint Labs @BlueprintMIT]

Can changing school assignment priorities improve integration?

Recent work by Blueprint researchers finds evidence that giving priority to low-income students at high-income schools can reduce income segregation.

Read the research: https://t.co/lp0MPMK9As

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

And here is the link to the podcast.
How Will AI Affect Jobs? - Exchanges | Podcast on Spotify https://t.co/yfbn1zd1Cu

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

Dear followers,
Please see this interview with Goldman Sachs on AI and jobs.
How Will AI Impact the Labor Market? | Goldman Sachs https://t.co/yoN7o7wbwL

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

Historian Lerna Ekmekcioglu was named head of @HistoryMit effective July 1. “As I begin this new role, my first priority is to sustain and expand the remarkable momentum already underway in the unit," she says. https://t.co/QBqBmx5X5F

[MIT Center for International Studies @MIT_CIS]

Noah Nathan, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and associated faculty of the MIT-Africa Program and @lab_diversity , co-authored a newly published paper examining how semi-communal “compound houses” in Accra, Ghana affect how much people vote and participate in political activity.
Learn more about the study here: https://t.co/wcSI5JJv9T
@MIT_SHASS

[J-PAL @JPAL]

A week of conversations on climate, evidence, and what it takes to make solutions work in practice.

At #LCAW2026, J-PAL’s Air and Water Labs across @jpal_africa, @jpal_mena, and @JPAL_SA with support from @CommunityJameel convened a panel on the role of evidence and innovation labs within governments.

Across perspectives from Cape Town, Cairo, and South Asia, one idea came through clearly. Many climate solutions exist, but translating them into action at scale remains the challenge.

Through J-PAL’s Air and Water Labs, governments are working to bring evidence, data, and technical expertise closer to real decisions. Not as one-off projects, but as part of how institutions operate.

Here are a few glimpses from the week:

#LCAW2026 #LondonClimateActionWeek2026

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

For 250 years, discovery, courage, and tenacity have driven this country forward and will continue to. From medicine to infrastructure to breakthroughs we can't yet imagine, science touches every part of daily life because someone, somewhere followed their curiosity.

What are you curious about?  #CuriosityOnAMission

https://t.co/rErxJSaMwa

[MIT Center for International Studies @MIT_CIS]

Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT), senior research associate at @MIT_SSP, discusses the significance of renewed US-Iran strikes following ceasefire violations, describing them as low-level exchanges.
Watch here: https://t.co/8jprlHD9ux
@MIT_SHASS

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

“The goal of this program is simple — for MIT to lead the world in music technology theory and application,” says SHASS dean Agustín Rayo. The Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program held its inaugural showcase at MIT. https://t.co/PUqHkrLoEg @MIT_MTA @MITEngineering

[MIT Center for International Studies @MIT_CIS]

Sojun Park, a postdoctoral associate at CIS, argues in @east_asia_forum that the US must acknowledge and offset the uneven economic costs its AI export controls impose on allied economies to sustain an effective allied export control regime.
Read his insights here: https://t.co/bpUKnSrbvw
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[MIT SSP @MIT_SSP]

We are pleased to announce that SSP Research Affiliate Fiona Cunningham has been awarded the 2026 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize for her book “Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security”.

This award recognizes an outstanding first book in international relations, comparative politics, or political economy and was established on the occasion of Professor Katzenstein’s 40th Year at Cornell University.

🏆Congratulations, Fiona! 📘

@Fiona_Cunning

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

@MIT_SSP @MITPoliSci

[MIT SSP @MIT_SSP]

Wargaming Lab Co-director Erik Lin-Greenberg scores another award for his latest book “The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft”: the American Political Science Association Foreign Policy Section 2026 Best Book Award. From APSA, this award recognizes outstanding scholarly monographs related to foreign policy, broadly conceptualized.

Congratulations, Professor Lin-Greenberg!

@APSAtweets @eriklg

[J-PAL @JPAL]

The International Development Economics Association (IDEA) is now live!

Open to all development economists, with particular attention to scholars in low- and middle-income countries.

Join by signing up at https://t.co/4FCsiMDZdk

@ideadevecon

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

Economists' ideas about AI and its impacts, including MIT's @davidautor, vary widely. @WSJ hosted Autor and two other economists for a conversation about jobs and AI. https://t.co/ribvTftK0U @MITEcon

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

"Should things continue as they are," @MITEcon professor @DAcemogluMIT says of industry's approach to AI, "I would expect bigger net job losses within the next 10 to 15 years." https://t.co/cgFPAOdO6C @FortuneMagazine

[MITPoliticalScience @MITPoliSci]

Professor Lily L. Tsai has been named the next Concourse faculty director, starting August 1. Concourse is a first-year program that brings science into conversation with the humanities.
https://t.co/Ng4gfEHzi6