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Being. Doing. Thinking. Or Not!
Each spring semester, Radius co-hosts an undergraduate ethics seminar with the Philosophy Department. Departing from a more academic-styled class, the seminar, Being. Thinking. Doing. (Or Not!): Ethics in Your Life, is…
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A Love Against A Love
Ester, a young Shona woman at the center of Danai Gurira’s play The Convert, leaves behind her ancestral traditions to avoid becoming the youngest of an old man’s many wives.…
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Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam
On April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King delivered a speech, “Beyond Vietnam”, meticulously outlining the reasons for his public protest against the…
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The end of the world
Every year I look forward to gathering with friends for a book swap, where we trade books we’ve read and enjoyed. One friend brought M. T. Anderson’s 2002 novel Feed,…
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Giving Tuesday….and Beyond
We’ve been through Black Friday. Today is Cyber Monday. Tomorrow, December 1st, is Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday was created four years ago by the 92nd Street Y in New York…
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No Easy Decision
Earlier this month, after years of debate and discussion, President Obama has said no to the Keystone XL pipeline. For us here at Radius, this decision brought a sigh…
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The Myth of Race
This Thursday, we are honored to co-sponsor the visit of Professor Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and law and has done groundbreaking work in public…
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Reclaim Yourself!
MIT Professor Sherry Turkle has written a book that is garnering much publicity. “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”, examines our relationship with technology and our devices.…
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Climate Countdown!!
On April 28, Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky spoke at a Radius event, Science at MIT: From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis. Concluding his remarks, Professsor Chomsky ended by…
Blog Topic: Ethical Reflection
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…