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#BestOf2022 In December, MIT Visiting Scholar/Artist Wasalu Jaco (professionally known as @LupeFiasco) presented an extraordinary talk on “Rap Theory & Practice.” Watch Lupe's live-streamed presentation (or watch it again!) online: https://t.co/Paw0PEQlIs
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Coming up next month, our own Alan Lightman will be hosting a public TV series dealing with the fundamentals: "How can consciousness, music, love arise from atoms and molecules? What human qualities should we retain as we become part machine?"
Alan is host and co-writer of SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. A new 3-part series premiering on public television January 2023. #alanlightman #science #documentary
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Video contest open for submissions until February 10: "MIT in 3"! https://t.co/yOjyTtoaJF What’s your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?
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At 9am ET on 12/14, @FluidInterfaces + @nataliyakosmyna welcome @lisajoynolan—screenwriter and producer of @WestworldHBO, @ThePeripheralPV, + @Reminiscence—for “DESIGNING THE FUTURE: A Liberal Arts Major’s Guide to Putting the Science in Science Fiction.”
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Invited lecture by Lisa Joy, the screenwriter, producer and director behind Westworld, The Peripheral, Reminiscence and more. “DESIGNING THE FUTURE: …
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Alum @michaelgreshko for @NatGeo: "Scientists achieve a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Here’s what it means." https://t.co/eltThmw2sI
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Our white paper, “Creating Community in Hybrid Festivals” is now available at https://t.co/qxihHwtLrl! In collaboration with IDFA @DocLab, we explored the value of hybrid festivals and programmers' recommendations for the future.
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GameLab researcher Dr. Mikael Jakobsson (@hopfka) presented some of his work on boardgames at this terrific event that brought scholars from across the Institute together (organized by Kat Cizek & @opendoclab):
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The inaugural WORLDING workshops at MIT matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.
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In case you missed it, video of last week's special event with @LupeFiasco is now available! https://t.co/SU6gOVmBZL
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Video contest open for submissions until February 10: "MIT in 3"! https://t.co/yOjyTtoaJF What’s your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?
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Alum @ashleynbelanger at @arstechnica: "Musk won’t relaunch Twitter Blue until he finds a way to avoid Apple fees" https://t.co/ILMl3ibilb
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Pre-reg is open for IAP and spring! Check out CMS/W's offerings, including special topics subjects on DJ'ing and rap theory: https://t.co/4ELdOuGkTP
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Registration for tomorrow's event with @LupeFiasco is now full! If you're not able to join us in person, remember his talk will be streamed live as well:
Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) https://t.co/1zebxStlgr. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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Huge article announcment! Under the amazing leadership of @SuzanneLane1, this article represents the biggest research project I've been involved in. Here we fully document the design process, and 4 complete disciplinary diagrams. https://t.co/7DjhWxcQun
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The latest from alum @josh_sokol in @TheAtlantic: The Science Writer Every Science Nerd Wants You to Read https://t.co/hJGlgoMIt8. "A visit with David Quammen, who confronted in COVID a story that refused to stay at a safe distance."
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Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) https://t.co/1zebxStlgr. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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Congrats to alum @michaelepstein on this news!
Walking Cinema is proud to announce the launch of our newest audio and augmented reality walking tour: Before the Bulldozers. Created with the @SmithsonianACM, it's a new app-based walking tour through historic Southwest D.C.'s redevelopment. https://t.co/LCjG5MxdTW
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Congratulations again to @MIT_Sciwrite alum @KendraWrites on her AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award: https://t.co/5lgDqWyfDg, for her fabulous/sobering @techreview piece "How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities" https://t.co/WIbDNasBLI
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You waited that many tweets before dropping the awesome news. Congrats, @KendraWrites! What a great thread from a @MIT_Sciwrite alum.
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Join TSL on November 18 for a Book Talk: The Stolen Year with Anya Kamenetz, 12pm, Bartos Theatre (20 Ames St. Cambridge) or by Zoom. Learn more at https://t.co/y4E2H6KdOS
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From @MITDiversity, Lupe Fiasco will be presenting on "Optimal Novelty" on November 16. Full details: https://t.co/QoR33Byj8a. And a teaser: we'll have our own event with him on November 30. Final details are in the works!
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