Appreciate these #haikus by @ellmcgirt.
Do years of effort
to persuade, inspire, teach
pay off over time?
When the voices of
The marginalized are heard,
what song will they sing?
If needs are ignored
one by one and pushed aside
Will we know justice?
.@Delta looking for help with reissuing reimbursement payment to the org/co that paid, not the passenger. the 1-800-455-2720 phone number provided is not in service! #globalIToutage
Erika Lee Appointed Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Faculty Director of Schlesinger Library | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University https://t.co/Gp5Yf8Amex
“...we did not realize that principles of brain development vary in relation to the environment in which one grows up...there was very little evidence about the influence of SES.” • How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background @MIT@mitbrainandcog
“...if you are in an environment where you receive fewer rewards, your brain might become, over time, less attuned to them.” • How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background @MIT@mitbrainandcog https://t.co/Vjcjo4R9LY
“If we don’t make efforts to recruit diverse pools of participants, we almost always end up with children and adults who come from high-income, high-education environments.” • How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background @MIT@mitbrainandcog
Grades that reflect learning, not behavior, can bring us closer to closing the opportunity gap. • A Restorative Approach to Grading @edutopia https://t.co/Ozd7O81CfN
“As far as I’m concerned, there’s no bigger challenge than the racial wealth gap,” explained Karilyn Crockett of @MITdusp • @MIT hackathon tackles racial wealth gap @BayStateBanner https://t.co/VSlGgz4Fih
“Humility directs us to seek out and to hold to ways of being principled that are also thoughtful, maybe gentle, and even kind” —John Tomasi • @MIT inaugurates “Dialogues Across Difference” series https://t.co/HYf1p9Gtnc
“...it's so interesting to apply our technical skills in ways that can help people. For me, it was more than just connecting the dots; it was forming a constellation.”• Pilot, engineer, neuroscientist, bridge-builder @MIT@MIT_alumni@mitbrainandcog https://t.co/dXU9MHzBmS
Pi(π) is coming! Here is a list of utterly well-written math books about pi for you! I am pretty sure that these books will make you love math! 📚
https://t.co/3HzpoYUQFN
Make the future―and the Killian Court! Be one of the first 1,000 donors to give $314+ to today’s #MIT24 Hour Challenge to get this 500-piece Killian Court puzzle. @MIT_alumni https://t.co/v7CiHo5nLB #mit24 https://t.co/cprvnq087u
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren visits MIT to celebrate passage of CHIPS and Science Act: The Massachusetts senator toured MIT.nano and held a roundtable with university leaders to discuss how the new law could advance research and education in the state. https://t.co/ZNaYX38bSC
Optogenetics!
Biomechatronics!
Osseointegration!
Magnetomicrometry!
Tony Stark went to MIT , and thanks to Hugh Herr and the K. Lisa Yang Center For Bionics, I'm witnessing the REAL WORLD TECHNOLOGY MIRACLES that will affect countless lives in previously unimaginable ways.
When five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia visited the Oval Office in 2009, he asked President Obama if, “your hair is like mine,” in a moment that led to a powerful @petesouza photo. @BarackObama caught up with Jacob just before his high school graduation today.