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Piss-Drinking Mushrooms, Daddy Longlegs, and More At New MIT Art Show

Written by JEROMEY RUSS Posted November 1, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

“I wondered who benefits from immortality and whose mortal contributions are erased?”

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts visual arts, MIT

Former MIT Prof and Convicted Fraudster Is Poster Model for Privilege and Predation

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 16, 2022 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Could John Donovan Sr.’s “trail of tears” been cut short sooner?

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: MIT, news, news to us, opinion

Diabetes Researcher Claims She Was Unlawfully Denied Entry To US

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted May 25, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I was hoping to utilize this opportunity upon my return to Canada and help diabetes patients in Canada.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, immigration, MIT, news, US

“ROBOTA” EXHIBIT EXPLORES LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 28, 2022 Filed Under: Visual Arts

The show goes up at MIT List Visual Arts Center

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, capitalism, exhibit, MIT, racism, visual

MIT’S COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER HAS HIS OWN CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted June 1, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

UT Chancellor William McRaven at LBJ Library CIA President's Daily Brief Release Event. LBJ Library photo by Gabriel Cristóver Pérez. Public Domain.

It was MIT’s Commencement Day Friday May 24, a bit of a surreal event for a campus that’s largely been evacuated due the COVID-19 pandemic. By all accounts, this virtual event was a tour de force, with technical gimmicks and congratulations sent from space. But it was also held in the shadow of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the ensuing protests.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: afghanistan, Black Lives Matter, civilian, commencement, George Floyd, military, MIT, opinion, Police, Rafael Reif, slider, violence, William McRaven

HARVARD AND MIT MUST HELP THEIR WORKERS AND AREA HOMELESS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Institutions with more wealth than many nations have no excuse for inaction during a pandemic

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, Column, contractor, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, economy, employee, endowment, Harvard University, higher education, Homeless, Jason Pramas, L. Rafael Reif, labor, Larry Bacow, layoff, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, news analysis, pandemic, power, public, Shelter, slider, student, wealth, worker

CAMBRIDGE PLAN TO WAREHOUSE HOMELESS COULD SPARK COVID OUTBREAK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 10, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Dorm on Harvard Yard. Photo by greger.ravik.

City Council, Gov. Baker have the power to force universities—Harvard, MIT, and Lesley—and hotels to provide better alternatives

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge MA, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, epidemic, Harvard University, Health, Homeless, Housing, Jason Pramas, Lesley University, Massachusetts, MIT, policy, Politics, public health, Shelter, slider, suffolk university

NEON SHADOWS: RIP JOHN POWELL

Written by Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

In my dreams, the MFA and ICA will organize a major survey of art, science, and technology in Boston. John and his peers deserve that long-overdue recognition.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts, CAVS, Charles Giuliano, fine arts, John Powell, MIT, RIP, sowa, visual arts, Yezerski

THE RESPONSE: NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR A FRIENDS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN APOLOGY TOUR

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

The actions of this administration have been too little, too late.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cambridge, Donald Trump, Epstein report, Goodwin Procter, Jeffresy Epstein, MIT

PHOTO FEATURE: THE VIEW FROM MASS AVE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 20, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

An idea for an exhibition sprung from what seemed like a simple objective: Karl could spend a year and a half recording life along Mass Ave from Arlington to the Charles River. But, of course, Mass Ave is vividly complex.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Art, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge arts, harvard square, Karl Baden, lexington, Mass Ave, MIT, Porter Square

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