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	News@E40 May 30, 2023 CIS congratulates 2023 graduates Center for International Studies Among those who graduated from the Department of Political Science this year were three graduate students focused on international relations and security studies.
	In the News May 23, 2023 Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens Lisa HicklerMIT News Aeronautics and astronautics major Theo St. Francis describes his studies of Portuguese and travels to Brazil with the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives' Global Teaching Labs.
	Analysis + Opinion May 23, 2023 Did the unipolar moment ever end? Foreign Affairs Is the global distribution of power today is closer to being unipolar than it is to being bipolar or multipolar? Experts weigh in.
	News Release May 19, 2023 Freeman and Garcia-Montes receive Jeanne Guillemin Prize Michelle EnglishCenter for International Studies Suzanne Freeman and Mariel Garcia-Montes are the recipients of this year’s Jeanne Guillemin Prize at the Center for International Studies (CIS). The prize provides financial support to women studying international affairs, a field that has long been dominated by men.
	In the News May 19, 2023 Architectural heritage like you haven’t seen it before Peter DizikesMIT News MIT’s “Ways of Seeing” project, directed by Fotini Christia, a professor, is a historic preservation effort recording architecture through digital imaging, Extended Reality techniques, and hand-drawn architectural renderings.
	In the News May 18, 2023 Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2023 Levitan Teaching Awards School of Humanities, Arts, and Social SciencesMIT News Nicholas Ackert, a PhD candidate in the MIT Security Studies Program, received a James A and Ruth Levitan Teaching Award for 2023, along with five others. The awards honor outstanding success in teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
	In the News May 15, 2023 Video: Ukraine pledges to take back Russian-occupied territories, but experts argue success is unlikely GBH News Carol Saivetz, Senior Advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program, appeared on GBH News to discuss the coming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
	In the News May 12, 2023 New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impact MISTIMIT News A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow more MIT interns to connect with innovators in Denmark.
	News@E40 May 10, 2023 CIS welcomes Weiner family for exhibit tour Sabina Van MellCenter for International Studies This week, Beth Ben-Avraham and Avital (Tali) Datskovsky, Professor Myron Weiner's daughter and granddaughter, visited the Institute to tour the South Asia and the Institute: Transformative Connections.
	In the News May 9, 2023 Podcast: Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people MIT News President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.