MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

#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: https://t.co/Paw0PEQlIs

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

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?"

[Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science @Searching_TV]

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

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Video contest open for submissions until February 10: "MIT in 3"! https://t.co/yOjyTtoaJF

What’s your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

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.” https://t.co/RMrvf1fwSd

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Alum @michaelgreshko for @NatGeo: "Scientists achieve a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Here’s what it means." https://t.co/eltThmw2sI

[MIT OpenDocLab @opendoclab]

Our white paper, “Creating Community in Hybrid Festivals” is now available at https://t.co/qxihHwtLrl! In collaboration with IDFA @DocLab, we explored the value of hybrid festivals and programmers' recommendations for the future.

[MIT Game Lab @MITGameLab]

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): https://t.co/MRjTZbgLpe

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

In case you missed it, video of last week's special event with @LupeFiasco is now available! https://t.co/SU6gOVmBZL

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Video contest open for submissions until February 10: "MIT in 3"! https://t.co/yOjyTtoaJF

What’s your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Alum @ashleynbelanger at @arstechnica: "Musk won’t relaunch Twitter Blue until he finds a way to avoid Apple fees" https://t.co/ILMl3ibilb

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Pre-reg is open for IAP and spring! Check out CMS/W's offerings, including special topics subjects on DJ'ing and rap theory: https://t.co/4ELdOuGkTP

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

@MITOCW @MIT_SHASS @LupeFiasco Yes it will! Keep an eye on https://t.co/u1Ypy1SpJh in the coming days for the recording.

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

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: https://t.co/HkytoVvS0t

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) https://t.co/1zebxStlgr. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT

[Sir Stasis, the Sturm Brightblade of Rhetoric @MikeRTrice]

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.
https://t.co/7DjhWxcQun

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

The latest from alum @josh_sokol in @TheAtlantic: The Science Writer Every Science Nerd Wants You to Read https://t.co/hJGlgoMIt8. "A visit with David Quammen, who confronted in COVID a story that refused to stay at a safe distance."

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) https://t.co/1zebxStlgr. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Congrats to alum @michaelepstein on this news!

[Walking Cinema @michaelepstein]

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.
https://t.co/LCjG5MxdTW

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

Congratulations again to @MIT_Sciwrite alum @KendraWrites on her AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award: https://t.co/5lgDqWyfDg, for her fabulous/sobering @techreview piece "How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities" https://t.co/WIbDNasBLI

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

You waited that many tweets before dropping the awesome news. Congrats, @KendraWrites! What a great thread from a @MIT_Sciwrite alum.

[Teaching Systems Lab @mit_tsl]

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 https://t.co/y4E2H6KdOS