“MIT is where science and society meet.” – MIT President Susan Hockfield
Scholars in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) conduct research at that meeting point, from the history of science and technology to anthropology, sociology, and literature. Scholars in STS ask “How do changes in science and technology affect what it means to be human?” and, conversely, “How do science and technology express human values?”
Buchanan Awarded Benjamin Siegel Prize
The 2008/2009 Benjamin Siegel Prize — offered to the MIT student submitting the best written work on issues in science, technology and society — has been awarded to HASTS graduate student Nicholas Buchanan, in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, for his paper "Narrating Nature: Scientific Legality, Indigeneity, and Environmental Authority."
May 2009 Morrison Prize Lecture featured on MIT World
John Ochsendorf gives the 2009 Morrison Prize Lecture on Engineering for the Ecological Age: Lessons from History.
