
The Center at MIT (Dalai Lama Center for Ethics)
@thecenteratmit
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a collaborative think-and-do tank focused on the development of programs in areas of ethics, human flourishing & social transformation.
Cambridge, MA
Joined March 2016
Congratulations to DLC Fellow @DaeHoulihan for receiving 2024 Glushko Prize for outstanding dissertation in Cognitive Sciences.
I'm deeply honored to receive one of this year's @cogsci_soc Glushko Dissertation Prizes. While I'm still in a state of disbelief about the award, what I can say in no uncertain terms, is that developing these ideas with @rebecca_saxe has been immensely formative and rewarding.
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The Leaders of Tomorrow-- Exciting session where students enter the captivating world of transformational leadership with Javier Prieto - The Dalai Lama Center MIT (with members of escola l'horitzo)
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His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024 On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world. Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. #NobelPrize
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"I’m supposed to teach at 9am today and I have no idea what’s going to happen." Exclusive: listen to our phone call with new #NobelPrize laureate Moungi Bawendi right after he found out he had been awarded the 2023 chemistry prize.
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"I was very surprised, sleepy, shocked, and very honoured." First reactions from Moungi Bawendi – one of three newly announced 2023 chemistry laureates – during this morning's press conference. #NobelPrize
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New York Times reporter Natasha Singer spotlights the Day of AI, an MIT RAISE program aimed at teaching K-12 students about AI.
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While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.
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To mark the beginning of Black History Month, we celebrate pioneering physicist Shirley Ann Jackson '68 PhD '73. She was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT and was featured in Ebony magazine in 1974.
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I am very pleased to learn that this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and my friend, Anton Zeilinger for their work in laying the foundation for a new era of quantum technology.
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The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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#otd in 1965, a nun named Mary Keller became the first woman to earn a computer-science PhD in the US. She later helped developed #BASIC: https://t.co/CRC4wYKyou
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Congratulations Frank Wilczek. In good company with former Templeton Prize winners, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Frank Wilczek receives 2022 Templeton Prize https://t.co/hJMpIDlU3Z
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HHDL's Message for Earth Day 2022
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The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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Discover strategies to help students develop the core values of empathy, gratitude, forgiveness and self-acceptance in this collection of professional development resources from @thecenteratmit and @WGBH_edu.
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The Transformative Teachers Collection is designed to equip educators with tools and methods for fostering resilience and ethical leadership skills among young people. As you develop and adapt the...
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That the air we breathe, the water we drink, the forests and oceans which sustain countless life forms, and the climatic patterns that govern our weather systems all transcend national boundaries is a source of hope — no country can afford not to take action in this context.
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A new resource for teaching responsible technology development: The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare. https://t.co/Y3ymMk7lRy
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Enjoy the February palindromes! 2/20/22 2/21/22 2/22/22 2/23/22 2/24/22 2/25/22 2/26/22 2/27/22 2/28/22 Image: Christine Daniloff/MIT
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We share this one planet, our only home so we have to take better care of it. We must cultivate compassion not only for our fellow human beings, but also for the other animals, birds and insects with whom we share the world. Concern for others is necessary for our survival.
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