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Soundings Magazine
Published each Spring and Fall
in Print and Online Editions (2008 - 2010)

In 2010, Soundings Magazine evolved into the online monthly digest, Said and Done.

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MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Writers | This Issue

Sarah Wright is a journalist and teacher, who has written and edited for The Boston Globe, Technology Review, Vogue, and other national publications.

Lynda Morgenroth is an essayist and journalist, and the author of two books, Boston Firsts: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that Happened First in Boston and Helped Make America Great, and Boston Neighborhoods: A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves in and around Boston.

Theresa Pease is a journalist specializing in higher education and the arts; from 1987–1994, she worked at MIT, and was the founding editor of the MIT Spectrum.

Susan Saccoccia is a freelance writer and essayist who focuses on work for education and nonprofit organizations.

Art Direction + Design
Emily Hiestand
Ilavenil Subbiah

Communication Assistant
Stephanie Muto

Staff Assistance
Kerry Ducharme
Linda Malouf

Acknowledgments
Anne Marie Michel
Assistant Dean for Development

Photography
Richard Howard (Henderson, Sonenberg)
Justin Knight (Muh and Merton)
Graham Ramsay
Jonathan Sachs (Caballero, Fitzgerald, Poterba)
Christopher Sherrill
Christine Southworth
Ilavenil Subbiah (cover)
Peter Urban
Webb Chappell (Heim and Richards)
RSC/Manuel Harlan (Laskey)
Stephanie Muto (Yo Yo Ma)
Christopher Sherrill (MIT)
Peg Skorpinski (Romber)
J D Sloan (Hale)
Omari Stephens (double bass player)
Hobbes poster © Royal Shakespeare Company, adapted
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Website Designers
Jonathan Sachs
Emily Hiestand

Soundings, Spring 2009