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Berenice Abbott, Photography and Science: An Essential Unity
May 3, 2012 – December 31, 2012

“A Bouncing Ball in Diminishing Arcs,” 1958-61, silver gelatin print, 54.3 x 47.5 cm, Collection of MIT Museum

MIT Museum opens the new Kurtz Gallery for Photography with an inaugural exhibition featuring over seventy images by Berenice Abbott taken while working at MIT.

51 community members to receive Institute Awards
51 community members to receive Institute Awards
May 3, 2012
Students, faculty and staff will be honored at May 9 ceremony.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Athletics, Awards, honors and fellowships, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26, 2012
Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26, 2012
May 2, 2012
Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, McDermott Award, Media Lab, MIT Museum, MIT presidency, Music, Special events and guest speakers, Theater
McDermott Award recipient Robert Lepage collaborates and converses with students during campus residency
McDermott Award recipient Robert Lepage collaborates and converses with students during campus residency
April 26, 2012
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, McDermott Award, Special events and guest speakers, Theater
Confronting global disasters from afar
Confronting global disasters from afar
April 23, 2012
Creative responses to devastation
Also labeled: Architecture, Earthquakes, Japan, Media Lab, Tsunami
De Florez Fund for Humor invites proposals for grants
De Florez Fund for Humor invites proposals for grants
April 20, 2012
Also labeled: Community, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Hacks and humor, Staff, Students, Undergraduate
Four from MIT win prestigious Guggenheim fellowships
April 17, 2012
Doeleman, Hughes, Makan and Yablo among 181 recipients for 2012.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Staff, Theater
Freshman Jimenez-Galindo and junior Trac win de Courtivron Prizes
Freshman Jimenez-Galindo and junior Trac win de Courtivron Prizes
April 17, 2012
Prize honors cross-cultural fluency
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Diversity, Humanities, Language, Students, Undergraduate, International relations and collaborations
MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)
MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)
April 12, 2012
$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Provost, Research, Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)
MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizens
MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizens
April 2, 2012
Has explored media and change for more than 30 years
Also labeled: Books and authors, Faculty, Humanities, Innovation and inventions, Journalism, Literature, languages and writing, Media, Social sciences, Technology and society
MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus
MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus
March 26, 2012
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Collaboration, Faculty, Humanities, Literature, languages and writing, Science writing

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