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Said and Done Magazine 
Published monthly by the Office of the Dean
2009—present 

 


February 2011


Economics symposium launches MIT 150th
Pesetsky elected Fellow of AAAS
Bartusiak awarded Davis Prize  
FAST Arts Festival events
Fuller to lead NEH seminar at MIT
Turkle's Alone Together published


January 2011



New Faculty 
MISTI research collaboration in China   
Quanta Chair in Chinese Culture established 
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller 
Kaiser elected Fellow of APS


November/Decmeber 2010



Maier's Ratification published to acclaim —
   new insights about the U.S. Constitution 
How wise are crowds? Economics and Engineering
Fox-Harrell convenes NEA/NSF conference
New Faculty announced 
Burchard scholar Lai wins Rhodes Scholarship


October 2010



Diamond wins Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences
Fuller wins Levitan Prize in Humanities 
Baird and Saez win MacArthur "genius" awards
Ziporyn has major concert season
Defining Recessions: Jim Poterba 
BSO begins cycle of Harbison symphonies


September 2010



Energy issues call on humanities, social sciences
Helmreich wins Bateson Book Prize 
Profile: Economist Parag Pathak 
Dower's Cultures of War reviewed 
Influence of the humanities on data visualization

 

August 2010



McElheny: Drawing the Map of Life 
Conference honors Philosopher Judith Thomson
Economist Pathak on housing
Political Scientist Lenz on electoral candidates


July, 2010



State of the Art: Music at MIT
Profiles: Cuthbert, Tang, Makan
DeGraff on role of Creole in rebuilding Haiti
Deveau inaugurates new hall in Rockport
Erica James: Democratic Insecurities


June, 2010

 


Global Water Issues 
A Philosopher's Dozen: Stephen Yablo
Awards to Sally Haslanger, David Jones
and Fred Harris


May, 2010

 


Esther Duflo receives the Clark Medal
Howe on anthropology's shift to a collaborative model
Thomson on hard-wiring for a basic moral sense
Memorial service for Paul Samuelson


 April, 2010

 


Office of the Dean moves to 4-212 and 4-240
Norvin Richards named MacVictor Faculty Fellow
Proflie:Robert Muh 
Premiere of Harbison work to honor Peter Diamond
Rebuilding Haiti: A Starr Forum 


 March, 2010

 


Harriet Ritvo: The Dawn of Green 
Patricia Gercik receives MIT Excellence Award
Cuthbert develops computer framework for music theory
David Mindell on Obama's NASA proposal 
Jeff Ravel on Diderot's Encyclopédie
Video: Paul Krugman on history as guide for the economy


 February, 2010

 


PBS Interview: Ellen Harris on Handel's Messiah 
MIT experts on health care reform
Haldeman receives highest honor from science fiction community
Economist Werning on unemployment insurance 
Nobel laureate Robert Solow on recovery from the economic crisis 


 January 2010

 


Curated game on climate change from the Education Arcade
Jim Walsh on Iran's nuclear ambition
Rosalind Williams on Jules Verne, anti-globalization visionary
Two Burchard Scholars win Rhodes Scholarships 
New York Times article on the revolution led by J-PAL economists


December 2009

 


Diagnosis: four School experts on U.S. health policy 
Profile: Craig Wilder, Professor of History 
Faculty Promotions, Honors, and New Appointments 
Tea with a Warlord: Fotini Christia 
Travels with Melville: Wyn Kelley 





Soundings Magazine
Published biannually by the Office of the Dean
2008—2010
                

Spring 2010

 

State of the Art
Medieval Tech
A Philosopher's Dozen
Profiles:
Dr. Bette Davis
Kenneth Wang '71
Mise en Scene
                


Fall 2009

 

Health Reform | Diagnosis
Travels with Melville 
Tea with a Warlord

Profiles:
Wyn Kelley
Robert Muh '59
Mise en Scene
                


Spring 2009

 

Economic Toolmakers
Behind the Scenes in Theater
Why Save Languages?  

Profiles:
Professor Diana Henderson
Professor Janet Sonenberg
Edward Hoyt '57                  



Fall 2008 

 
Educating Global Citizens
The MISTI Program at 25
Safeguarding Voting Technology

Profile:
Professor Charles Stewart III
                           

 


 

Soundings Newsletter
Published biannually by the Office of the Dean
1998—2008

 

Spring 2008


Three SHASS authors
The writer's craft

Fall 2007


Getting serious about casual games: Exploring the frontiers of the independent game industry at GAMBIT
Bàkks and polyrhythms: sabar drumming at MIT

Spring 2007


The energy crisis

Fall 2006


How economies and economists work: A conversation with Daron Acemoglu

Spring 2006


Learning to ask new questions: Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies moves to MIT
Emma Teng awarded 2005 Levitan Prize

Fall 2005

 

The China hands:Conversations with the SHASS China cadre

Spring 2005


Conversation with Professor Melissa Nobles: The politics of counting
Dower receives Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award

Fall 2004


Ten things you probably didn't know about the School
A language is reborn

Spring 2004


Conversation with Professor Esther Duflo:Saving the world, precisely
New international minor at MIT

Fall 2003

C
onversation with Professor Evan Ziporyn:A new sonic language
Glimpse into MIT's first interdisciplinary major
Book series: media in transition
Spotlight on MIT's Security Studies Program

Spring 2003


Rethinking culture

Fall 2002


The hopeful democrat
Stepping up!
Science Writing Program opens its doors
Planting seeds

Spring 2002


Breaking icons, lyrically

Fall 2001


Getting a fix on complexity
Biting the hand that feeds it
Beyond the dramatic norm
The democratizing quotient

Spring 2001


Crossing boundaries

Fall 2000


Walking, talking, oxymoron
50 years: The School timeline
Luminaries

Spring 2000


One-world dilemmas

Fall 1999


Ears need to be broad
Crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries
Super-power sense and sensibility

Spring 1999


Creative tensions

Fall 1998

S
harp tongue, maverick mind
Covering black holes, fossil worms, and a cure for cancer
What's in a word
Feeling most alive

Spring 1998


Iconoclasm revisited
The China connection
Programs and possibilities