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It Is So Ordered
It is so ordered. Thus, the final words of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion written last Thursday, June 26, when the United States Supreme Court held that all same-sex marriage…
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Change Ahead
This past Monday, MIT’s Climate Change Conversation Committee released their findings following a ten-month effort to engage the MIT community in dialogue about climate change. The “conversation” leadership team, headed…
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The Right Side of History
This past Saturday, over 220 young people, ages 13-18, took over the Stata “Street” and lecture halls as we hosted the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change. It…
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The Woodstove
I wanted to follow up on Trish’s May 4 blog about the importance of finding a focus for our action in the face of the many problems of the…
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Pretty Nails at What Cost?
Throughout the semester, Radius has been exploring a wide range of topics, including housing and gentrification (particularly right here in Cambridge), nuclear non-proliferation, the food supply, prison reform, omnivorism…
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Wise Words
All semester, we’ve been having substantive and challenging conversations in our Tuesday evening ethics seminar. Usually, a guest talks about his or her area of expertise and then we…
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Speak Up!!
Awareness has been building around the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Not only here in Cambridge, at MIT and Harvard, but across the country and the globe. According to…
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Heating Up!
Today I had the opportunity to attend a panel featuring faculty from the MIT Energy Initiative, hosted by the MIT’s MISTI program. The speakers (Francis O’Sullivan, Howard Herzog, Jacobo Buongiorno,…
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First things first
At our first Hack Your Mind lunch program today, Zan Barry fo Community Wellness gave an engaging overview of the research on mindfulness as a means to reduce stress…
Blog Topic: Daily Ethics
Join the conversation. In this blog, Radius staff and friends share updates and perspectives on current ethical issues in science and technology.
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Digital Distraction Overdrive
Robert Plotkin, guest blogger, will be giving a workshop as part of Radius’s “Hack Your…
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Looking Ahead With a Look Back
Weeks have flown by and, just like that, the semester is over and we are…