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Apr 28

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Location

Building E40 - E40-496

May 5

Amazonia Community Building: Co-Designing Research for Impact

When and Why the United States Promotes Democracy or Dictatorship

12:00pm - 1:30pm

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Building E40 - E40-496

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Kenneth Oye

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Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Associate Professor of Political Science

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Tetiana Zakharchenko

Global MIT At-Risk Fellow

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Rachel Tecott Metz

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Assistant Professor, George Washington University

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Jennifer Anne Kempe

Program Assistant, Seminar XXI

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Richard Nielsen

Faculty Director, MIT-Arab World Program

Associate Professor of Political Science

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CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '26

Jackson Biley worked at the National University of Singapore as a software engineer intern that supported his academic and career goals in several ways.

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Civil & Environmental Engineering '15

Annabeth worked with her MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI) team introducing course content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xining, and Yulin, Shaanxi.

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Art and Design '25

Shruthi Ravichandran, worked on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain).

Yijun's story

Chemical Engineering '24

Yijun Yang spent her summer with TotalEnergies; loves learning about other languages, and being in an international lab has impacted her to apply for workplaces with an opportunity to travel or be in an international team.

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Brain and Cognitive Sciences & Biological Engineering '27

A glimpse into Kristen DiConza '27 experience with SpinLabs at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering in Politecnico di Milano, supported her academic and career goals in medicine.

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Events

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

Amazonia Community Building: Co-Designing Research for Impact

When and Why the United States Promotes Democracy or Dictatorship

Opportunities

Our community

Kenneth Oye

Caitlin Talmadge

Tetiana Zakharchenko

Rachel Tecott Metz

Jennifer Anne Kempe

Richard Nielsen

Student Spotlights

Jackson's story

Annabeth's story

Shruti's story

Yijun's story

Kristen's story