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Astronaut Michael Fincke ’89 offers students out-of-this-world advice
Life was very different in 1989. A trip to the movie theater cost less than $4, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” was newly released, and the World Wide Web had just been invented. That year, Michael Fincke, a recent MIT grad who had just completed a BS in aeronautics and astronautics and Earth, atmospheric, and planetary […]
Susan Solomon, scholar of atmospheric chemistry and environmental policy, delivers Killian Lecture
Susan Solomon, an atmospheric chemist whose work explaining the Antarctic ozone hole informed international policy, has received the 2020-2021 James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. The highest such honor at the Institute, the award was established in 1971 to honor Killian, who served as MIT’s 10th president from 1948 to 1959, and chair of […]
Solv[ED] inspires young people to become global problem-solvers
On May 3, during its annual flagship event Solve at MIT, MIT Solve launched a new program called Solv[ED], geared toward young innovators to help them become problem solvers and learn about social entrepreneurship. Starting in June, Solv[ED] will feature a variety of workshops and learning sessions and provide resources that are designed to support […]
Event: Starr Forum – The Haitian Constitutional Crisis and the International Community
Please register for this Zoom event at bit.ly/HaitianCrisis What role has the international community played in Haiti’s struggle to achieve a stable constitutional and democratic order since the end of the Duvalier era in 1986 and the promulgation of the 1987 Constitution? In this Starr Forum, four leading experts on Haitian domestic and international politics discuss […]
Event: Asian American Visibility & Intersectionality at MIT
This is part one of an ongoing conversation about Asian American visibility & intersectionality at MIT. Stay tuned for part 2! Join ICEO and partners for a panel discussion with Professors Emma Teng, Lily L. Tsai, and Craig Wilder on the history and impact of Asian American marginalization as it applies to higher education, Institutions, […]
Global Languages announces new HASS concentration in Korean
Students at MIT will now be able to take their Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences concentration in Korean. The new concentration extends the options for Asian languages at MIT, which also include Japanese and Mandarin. In response to long-term student demand and the growing importance of international activities in Korea, MIT Global Languages identified Korean […]
Ice melts on US-Sudan relations, providing new opportunities
It was over 27 years in the making. When the White House removed Sudan from the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list in December 2020, ZAHARA for Education was ready. ZAHARA was founded by MIT technology and policy master’s student Ilham Ali and Harvard University alumna Sahar Omer to expand educational opportunities between Sudan and the […]
To understand race in Africa today, look to the past, panelists say
Last year protests erupted in the U.S. and parts of South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the central message — Black Lives Matter. Ignited by the demonstrations for racial justice and police reform in the U.S., the protests around the world erupted in solidarity with the American cause, but took on the nuances of […]
Mobilizing the masses, one person at a time
Collective action can lead to fundamental change in societies, giving a voice to marginalized citizens and creating opportunities for greater political and economic equity. But for it to work, numbers matter. So Gabriel Nahmias is asking, “How do we get more people to engage in politics, and then how do we get those who are […]
MIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
MIT has released an ambitious new plan for action to address the world’s accelerating climate crisis. The plan, titled “Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade,” includes a broad array of new initiatives and significant expansions of existing programs, to address the needs for new technologies, new policies, and new kinds of outreach […]