{
  "id": 12704922,
  "title": "Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/discovering-the-value-of-humanistic-inquiry",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT News AI",
    "slug": "mit-news-ai",
    "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/discovering-value-humanistic-inquiry-1007"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Concourse program at MIT is a unique liberal arts learning community for first-year students, founded in 1970 to blend humanities and sciences. Senior lecturer Linda Rabieh has been bringing the \"business\" of humanistic thinking to students since 2010, showing them what it means to be human and the different types of intelligence. The program offers a foundation in the humanities alongside STEM General Institute Requirement courses, and students engage in rich conversations and debates about fundamental questions of human existence. Concourse's director, Lily Tsai, inherits a program known for fostering a strong sense of community, with students from diverse backgrounds coming together to explore complex topics and develop their critical thinking skills.",
  "summary": "Students in MIT’s Concourse program delve deeply into the human condition, debate challenging questions, and learn to develop judgment about issues that can’t be quantified.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}