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Professor Sherry Turkle in The New York Times – 5 Books to Help You Disconnect From Your Phone

Dec 4, 2025

Professor Sherry Turkles’ book, “Reclaiming Conversation”, has been featured in a New York Times article on recommended readings to help you disconnect from your phone and improve mental health. The article…

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New Article by Professor Kate Brown – New York’s Next Mayor Wants Affordable Housing. Just Don’t Ask Where He’ll Put It.

Dec 2, 2025

Professor Kate Brown has published a new article in the Mother Jones Daily about addressing the housing crisis in New York City, the Elizabeth Street Garden, and the struggle between building…

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STS Faculty in the News – Where Climate Meets Community

Dec 2, 2025

Written by Michaela Jarvis | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Publication Date: November 6, 2025 Professor Kate Brown has been featured in an article in MIT News on MIT’s…

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New Article by Professor Kate Brown – My Garden Used to be a Brownfield

Dec 2, 2025

Professor Brown has published an article on Substack about how her neighbors transformed the toxic dump behind their building into a blooming garden. “I live in a crowded part of Cambridge,…

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Professor Will Deringer Wins 2025 Walter D. Love Article Prize

Nov 20, 2025

Professor Will Deringer article, “Mr. Aecroid’s Tables: Economic Calculations and Social Customs in the Early Modern Countryside,” has won the 2025 Walter D. Love Prize from the North American Conference on…

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Professor Kate Brown’s MITHIC Course Featured in MIT News – Returning Farming to City Centers

Nov 20, 2025

Left to right: Students Kaidi Liu, Zaynab Eltaib, and Olivia Fiol work a plot of urban farmland at The Common Good Co-Op. A new class is giving MIT students the opportunity…

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Professor Jen Light’s New Class Featured by MIT Division of Student Life – “Stretching Minds and Bodies: MIT Students Learn Why Exercise is Medicine”

Oct 14, 2025

By Sarah Foote Exercise is Medicine class integrates physical activity and academics  We’ve known since ancient times that physical activity can prevent and treat a broad range…

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David Kaiser in MIT News – Could a Primordial Black Hole’s Last Burst Explain a Mysteriously Energetic Neutrino?

Sep 18, 2025

Could a primordial black hole’s last burst explain a mysteriously energetic neutrino? If a new proposal by MIT physicists bears out, the recent detection of a record-setting neutrino could be the…
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