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REGISTRATION and MIT AFFILIATION REQUIRED. Join us for a conversation with O. Robert Simha, Senior Lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Planning. Mr. Simha served as the Director of Planning for MIT from 1960 to 2000. We will explore MIT’s role in the transformation of the neighborhoods surrounding…
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LOCATION: STUDENT CENTER; Room 400: REGISTRATION REQUIRED with MIT AFFILIATION MIT is a Land Grant University. Where did the land come from that enabled the founding of MIT, and what does that history mean for us today? This session will be led by Professor David Shane Lowry BS ’07, Distinguished…
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REGISTER HERE. LIMITED TO MIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS How do universities use investigations into the history of slavery to promote — or avoid –conversations about race and inequality on campus. This conversation will be led by Professor Craig S. Wilder (History), the author of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled…
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The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates, from Plato’s Apology (38a) An ethical life begins with a clear-eyed look at ourselves. Our institutions – the places and communities that we call home – also benefit from careful consideration. This series introduces key questions about the choices…
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Watch the video here. Slides: Professor Jonathan King Slides: Professor Robert Redwine The recent publication of “Peril” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa brought to light an incident involving General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the waning months of the Trump administration, Milley…
