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    B.I.C. @ MIT: In Concert

    Tuesday, September 19, 2017 – 5:15pm
    32-155 (32 Vassar Street)

    Join us for a very special concert featuring Haitian poet, singer and song-writer Roosevelt Saillant, better known as “B.I.C.” for “Brain. Intelligence. Creativity,”. B.I.C. is one of the best known and most creative and prolific artists in Haiti. He has been writing and singing songs for the past…

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    Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Humanity?

    Thursday, November 30, 2017 – 5:15pm

    Silicon Valley innovations have given rise to a class of tech titans wielding immense economic and political influence, and has paved the way for a cultural shift towards individualism with historically little regard for marginalized groups left in the wake. Noam Cohen, a former New York Times technology columnist and…

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    Are We The Enemy? The Neuroscience of Conflict and Empathy

    Thursday, November 30, 2017 – 6:30pm
    MIT Museum; 265 Massachusetts Avenue

    Watch this program On November 30, we are proud to be partnering with the MIT Museum as we host a provocative and fascinating evening of conversation. Join Dr. Emile Bruneau, Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, to explore how human cognitive habits encourage bias,…

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  • Listen to an audio recording of this program. Peter Krause’s research and teaching focus on international security, Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, and national movements Professor Krause has conducted extensive fieldwork throughout the Middle East. He currently teaches “International Relations of the Middle East,” “Terrorism, Insurgency,…

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  • Join us for the first program of the semester of our “Hack Your Mind” series with Dr. Susan Gabrieli. Gabrieli is a neuroscientist and Senior Research Scientist for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. From Dr. Gabrieli: Mindfulness meditation describes a set of mental techniques to train attention…

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