Spring Speaker Series 2025: “This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood” with Daniel Immerwahr
The Nexus at Hayden Library (14S-130) 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin us on Monday, February 10, 2025, at 4pm in the Nexus, Hayden Library for a talk by Daniel Immerwahr, Humanities Professor at Northwestern University, on his upcoming book “This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood”. America has been, historically, a land of trees. This made its built environment thoroughgoingly wooden and, as a consequence, alarmingly […]
2024-25 Morison Prize and Lecture with Zeynep Tufekci: What if the Real Threat is Artificial Good-Enough Intelligence?
The Nexus at Hayden Library (14S-130) 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin us on Monday, February 24, 2025, at 12 pm in the Nexus, Hayden Library for a talk led by Zeynep Tufekci, Turkish-American sociologist and Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. What if the Real Threat is Artificial Good-Enough Intelligence? Are we having the wrong nightmares about AI? Many worry that […]
Book Talk with Dave Mindell: The New Lunar Society
E51-275Join us on Monday, March 10th, at 4:00 PM in E51-275 for a special talk by Professor Dave Mindell on his new book: The New Lunar Society. The New Lunar Society Climate change, global disruption, and labor scarcity are forcing us to rethink the underlying principles of industrial society. In The New Lunar Society, David […]
Special Lecture with Bina Venkataraman – Fear, Truth & Wonder: How Stories about Science and Technology Change the World – and Why We Need Them More than Ever
Building E51 Room 395A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program Join us on Wednesday, March 19th, from 5:15-6:45 pm in E51-395 for a special talk by Bina Venkataraman. Fear, Truth & Wonder: How Stories about Science and Technology Change the World – and Why We […]
Special Lecture Series: Who Tells the Story of Science? The Power and Peril of Science and Technology Journalism in 2025
Who Tells the Story of Science? The Power and Peril of Science and Technology Journalism in 2025 A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program Science and technology journalism faces a pivotal moment. Our most pressing challenges—climate crisis, global pandemics, the transformative potential […]
Special Lecture with Hillary Rosner – Bearing Witness: Reporting on Nature in Tumultuous Times
A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program Join us on Monday, March 31st, from 5:15-6:45 pm in E51-145 for a special talk by Hillary Rosner Bearing Witness: Reporting on Nature in Tumultuous Times Science journalism has never been more important. At the […]
Special Lecture with Usha Lee McFarling – Radical Collaborations and Entrepreneurial Energy: Building a Thriving Science Journalism Ecosystem
A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd, from 5:15-6:45 pm in E51-145 for a special talk by Usha Lee McFarling Radical Collaborations and Entrepreneurial Energy: Building a Thriving Science Journalism Ecosystem From the moon landing […]
Special Lecture with Ashley Smart – The Stories We Could Tell: Science Journalism in a Time of Change
A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program Join us on Monday, April 7th, from 5:15-6:45 pm in E51-145 for a special talk by Ashley Smart The Stories We Could Tell: Science Journalism in a Time of Change What role should science […]