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Check out our two Spring 2022 seminars here! Being, Thinking, Doing (Or Not!): Ethics in Your Life Building the Beloved Community: Ethics and Public Life
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Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Rebuilding a Broader Movement
Saturday, January 29, 2022 – 2:00pmREGISTER HERE. With Congress appropriating funds for new and upgraded nuclear weapons and delivery systems, the need to counter these misguided policies has become acute. The 2022 Conference will follow the general pattern of previous conferences, but with increased emphasis on coordinating efforts of advocates, and expanding outreach…
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Universities and Real Estate: Doing Good for the Neighborhood?
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 – 12:00pmW11-Main Dining RoomREGISTRATION 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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Land Grant Universities: Who Benefits and At What Cost?
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 – 12:00pmStratton Student Center, W20-Room 400LOCATION: 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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Universities and Slavery: Why Dig Up the Past?
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 – 12:00pmW11-Main Dining RoomREGISTER 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…