Anna Russo believes puzzles are made to be solved. Working as a full-time research assistant with MIT economist Amy Finkelstein led Russo toward identifying, studying, and … [Read More...]
MY WORK
Investigating and preserving Quechua
Soledad Chango, a native of Ecuador and a graduate student in MIT’s Indigenous Language Initiative, began preparations for her Quechua course with a clear idea about its purpose. … [Read More...]
An MIT philosopher’s call for a civil discussion on gender and sex
Byrne is a leader of MIT’s Civil Discourse project, an initiative that invites experts from across academic disciplines to openly discuss controversial ideas. When asked how civil … [Read More...]
Miguel Zenón, assistant professor of jazz at MIT, wins Grammy Award
MIT Music and Theater Arts Assistant Professor Miguel Zenón has won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album for his work on “El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2.” Zenón recorded the album with … [Read More...]
Projects investigating Swahili, global media win SHASS Humanities Awards
The Global Mediations Lab will enable a globe-spanning study of media texts, industries, and infrastructure. Roquet believes the Global Mediations Lab can serve as a hub for … [Read More...]
Award shines a spotlight on local science journalism
Founded in 2018 with a gift from Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) Program founding director Victor McElheny and his wife, Ruth McElheny, the KSJ Victor K. McElheny Award rewards … [Read More...]
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Liberal Arts and Humanities Doctoral Education Reform in the United States
“The most striking thing about the American university in its formative period is the diversity of mind shown by the men who spurred its development. Those who participated in the … [Read More...]
Moments in Black History: Brown v Board of Education
"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state … [Read More...]
Rinse
There is beaded silver rainwater outside my window. It is beat-beat-beating the brown painted peeling Weathered swollen pane. These mornings before the Beginnings of everything … [Read More...]
Caretaker
Here the widening Land gathered, jumbled, at its life's edge Swelling its softening summerscapes. Dry billowing winds Traipsed joyfully along a distant sinking horizon line in … [Read More...]
Engagement
Our books gathered us, called us each, Their curled joy-worn pages dancing With flickering orange yellow light at the Communal fire. "We are here." They knit Woolen tales of … [Read More...]
Thermopylae
The maudlin curtained enclosed silence held Fast. There, across a gulf grown wide and Deep as a Gaelic moated shattered castle Rose great choking indifferent trunk-wide Weeds, … [Read More...]
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