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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
#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: bit.ly/LupeFiasco_MIT22
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15 Dec 2022
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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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
Video contest open for submissions until February 10: "MIT in 3"! cmsw.mit.edu/mit-in-3-video-…
What’s your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?
ALT Digital illustration of a close-up view of a camera lens.
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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
13 Dec 2022
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.” media.mit.edu/events/invited…
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13 Dec 2022
Alum @michaelgreshko for @NatGeo: "Scientists achieve a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Here’s what it means." cmswm.it/3FMiRcW
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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
12 Dec 2022
Our white paper, “Creating Community in Hybrid Festivals” is now available at bit.ly/ODLhybridity! In collaboration with IDFA @DocLab, we explored the value of hybrid festivals and programmers' recommendations for the future.
ALT A colorful screenshot of a virtual gathering in VR chat with the text "Our Creating Community in Hybrid Festivals white paper is available now." and the logos of the MIT Open Documentary Lab and IDFA DocLab.
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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
2 Dec 2022
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): news.mit.edu/2022/worlding-g…
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In case you missed it, video of last week's special event with @LupeFiasco is now available! cmswm.it/3HaOUVb
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Alum @ashleynbelanger at @arstechnica: "Musk won’t relaunch Twitter Blue until he finds a way to avoid Apple fees" cmswm.it/3B0K9tx
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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: cmswm.it/2KN2Ghc
29 Nov 2022
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: cmsw.mit.edu/event/lupe-fias…
17 Nov 2022
Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) cmswm.it/3EFM4pB. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
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.
wac.colostate.edu/docs/atd/v…
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23 Nov 2022
The latest from alum @josh_sokol in @TheAtlantic: The Science Writer Every Science Nerd Wants You to Read cmswm.it/3VjiM5B. "A visit with David Quammen, who confronted in COVID a story that refused to stay at a safe distance."
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17 Nov 2022
Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) cmswm.it/3EFM4pB. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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15 Nov 2022
Congrats to alum @michaelepstein on this news!
26 Oct 2022
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.
beforethebulldozers.com
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14 Nov 2022
Congratulations again to @MIT_Sciwrite alum @KendraWrites on her AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award: cmswm.it/3O2r7YV, for her fabulous/sobering @techreview piece "How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities" cmswm.it/3TFtVw5
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10 Nov 2022
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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MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing retweeted
24 Oct 2022
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 tsl.mit.edu/event/
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From @MITDiversity, Lupe Fiasco will be presenting on "Optimal Novelty" on November 16. Full details: cmswm.it/3hlnVeG.
And a teaser: we'll have our own event with him on November 30. Final details are in the works!
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