Our weekly seminar introduces students to the field of ethics, with a focus on the daily choices we can make to create a more just world. The seminar helps students build relationships, investigate ethical problems, share resources,... Read more
Archived Programs
The Politics of Defense Spending: Science, Profits, and Endless Wars
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 5:30pm
Speakers
Research Affiliate, Program in Science, Technology and Society
Yarden Katz
Departmental fellow in Systems Biology at the Harvard Medical School
THIS IS A THREE-PART SERIES
Subrata Ghoshroy: January 7th: The Politics of Defense Spending. Here is the VIDEO and... Read more
Speakers
Shailly Gupta Barnes
Policy Director at the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and the National Poor People's Campaign
Introductory Remarks: Savina Martin
Eastern Chair of the Massachusetts Poor People Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Discussant: Ceasar McDowell
Professor of Civic Design, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Join us in conversation with Shailly Gupta Barnes as she discusses a moral budget for America and the crucial need for a shifting of priorities on both the state and federal level. She is the Policy Director at the Kairos Center and National Poor People's... Read more
Climate Denial, Greenwashing, and Delayed Climate Action: The Corporatization of Academia?
Monday, November 25, 2019 - 3:30pm
This teach-in will give participants the background and tools to critically examine greenwashing by fossil fuel companies and how it relates to reputable institutions like MIT. Greenwashing is defined as “disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally... Read more