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Hack Your Mind: The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age
Friday, November 16, 2018 – 12:00pm66-144Join us for our Hack Your Mind series with guest speaker clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair who will be speaking about the impact of technology on your relationships with the people you love the most. Dr. Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing…
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Bridging the US Political Divide Online: What We’ve Learned from Big Data, Bots and Volunteers to Challenge Polarization
Monday, March 5, 2018 – 5:00pm9-255Current political events in the USA reveal social cohesion is fragmented and increasingly polarized. This limits the opportunity and desire for people to engage across political lines. Well-established models of conflict escalation signal that these constitute warning flags for future violent confrontations. Social media is both a vehicle…
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Investing in Minds Not Missiles – Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War
Saturday, April 7, 2018 – 10:00am34-101To read a full report of the day’s events, go here. Join us for an all-day conference on nuclear proliferation on Saturday, April 7 here at MIT. 9:30 am – Continuing Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Prof. Aron Bernstein, Prof. Elaine Scarry, Stephanie Savell.10:45 am – International Initiatives Toward Disarmament: Joseph Gerson,…
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The second annual Day of Action at MIT, a large-scale grass-roots civic engagement and action event, will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The Day of Action comprises community-contributed content including lectures, panels, film screenings, workshops, and more, devoted to the political, economic, and social challenges facing…
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We are very proud to host the 12th Annual Youth Summit on Climate and Sustainablity on May 19. This decade+ relationship is a cornerstone of our spring semester and an exciting way to connect with the youth of Boston/Cambridge and the metropolitan area. REGISTER NOW The day includes a…




