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Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts

Philip Khoury, chair of the Center’s Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and founding faculty director of the Center’s MIT-Arab World Program, will step down from his position as vice provost for the arts.

Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts

Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards

Cathy Culot, lecturer in French and faculty co-director of the MIT-Belgium program, is among the six recipients of the James A. (’48) and Ruth Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2025.

Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2025 Levitan Teaching Awards

Of arms and algorithms

Erik Lin-Greenberg, co-director of the Security Studies Program's Wargaming Lab, explores issues of the modern military.

Of arms and algorithms

MIT without borders

Katherine Hobgood ’25, Amy Wang ’26, and Srihitha Dasari ’26 discuss the global experiences, insights, and confidence they gained through MISTI.

MIT without borders

Sudan is unraveling

Mai Hassan, associate professor of political science and faculty director of the MIT-Africa program, discusses Sudan's future and argues that war will likely continue to tear the country apart.

Sudan is unraveling