Archived Programs

MIT Day of Action

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 10:00am

April 18, 2017, the day after Patriot’s Day, Radius will be participating in a large-scale, on-campus civic engagement and action event devoted to the political, economic, and social challenges facing us today. This event will run throughout the day and includes... Read more

Join us for an evening of thoughtful theater at the Central Square Theater’s production of Paradise. Yasmeen, a Muslim-American teenager in the Bronx, meets with her teacher Dr. Royston, a mysterious scientist forced to teach high school biology. If she salvages her perfect score, she can claim... Read more

How Do We Think About Nuclear Weapons?

Friday, March 24, 2017 - 12:00pm

Most people born after the late 1980's have grown up without thinking much about the threat of nuclear war. Now, in an unsteady political climate, fears about nuclear weapons are beginning to rise again. For those of us who have not given much thought to nuclear weapons for most of our lives,... Read more

Sexual Harassment and Gender Equity in Science

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 5:00pm
Speakers

Sarah Ballard

Astrophysicist, MIT Postdoctoral Fellow and Scholar

In October, 2015, Buzzfeed News reporter Azeen Ghorayshi broke an investigative story detailing astronomer Geoffrey Marcy's long history of sexual harassment. Since then, more female scientists have come forward about their experiences with harassment. Ghorayshi, MIT astronomer Sarah Ballard,... Read more

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