“Today was fascinating.” Composer @arrahman visited MIT in July, taking a short course with @raskarmit and visiting @todopera, among other tours and activities. mitsha.re/Dfm030lgeOM
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- Congratulations to Media Lab Prof. @dagdevirencanan on receiving the Aziz Sancar Science Award from the Health Institutes of Turkey and Turkish Ministry of Health! The prize is named for Dr. Aziz Sancar, the first Turkish Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. Prof. Dagdeviren is the first
- Her work at @MIT helped us reach the moon. Now, she's won a Presidential Medal of Freedom! Congrats to computer scientist #MargaretHamilton!
- "As the Spanish guitarist and composer Paco de Lucía once said, 'The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say.'" @dagdevirencanan on what being an engineer means to her. bit.ly/2QwqSsX
- “Leading the legendary Media Lab is a dream for me, and I can’t wait to help write the next chapter of this uniquely creative, impactful, compassionate community.” We’re thrilled to announce that @DavaExplorer will be the new director of the MIT Media Lab!
- Congratulations to @CDecoders head @dagdevirencanan on receiving the 2021 @NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award, and the @3M Non-Tenured Faculty award.
- Three researchers from MIT, including @CDecoders head @dagdevirencanan, have been selected to speak at @theNAEng’s 25th annual US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. mitsha.re/Vtv330pAHEr
- Labber @bunniestudios and @snowden publish an engineering paper on an “Introspection Engine” to protect smartphones mitsha.re/KKQd30fbIcz
- Introducing AlterEgo: a #wearable that interfaces with your smart phone through internal vocalization, or "silent speech," created by @FluidInterfaces researcher Arnav Kapur. Learn more on MIT News: mitsha.re/jNWo30jkH9I.
00:00 - "I say 'Fuck the patriarchy!' because being nice and polite got us nowhere...rude women are free women." — @monaeltahawy #DisobedienceAward
- We are thrilled to announce that #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM leaders @TaranaBurke, @McLNeuro, and @sherrymarts are the winners of the 2018 Media Lab #DisobedienceAward! mitsha.re/VT9130mLF61
- Prof. @dagdevirencanan, head of the Media Lab's @CDecoders research group, has been selected for the 2023 season of @BBC100women! Prof. Dagdeviren was recognized for her work developing a wearable ultrasound patch for early breast cancer detection. bbc.co.uk/news/resources…
