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précisMay 24, 2023ActivitiesStarr Forums; SSP Wednesday Seminars; Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar; Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration; CIS awards 15 summer study grants; Third annual edition of MIT x TAU Webinar Series; SSP Wargaming Lab; 2022-2023 Global Seed Fund winners announced; MIT-Japan Program presents inaugural Pat Gercik Award. |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 23, 2023Did the unipolar moment ever end?Foreign AffairsIs the global distribution of power today is closer to being unipolar than it is to being bipolar or multipolar? Experts weigh in. |
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précisMay 23, 2023BriefingsJosé Maria Neves, president of Cape Verde, tours MIT; In a time of war, a new effort to help; New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impact; Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights and the Amazon, and AI; Architectural heritage like you haven’t seen it before; How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens. |
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In the NewsMay 23, 2023Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lensLisa HicklerMIT NewsAeronautics 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. |
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In the NewsMay 19, 2023Architectural heritage like you haven’t seen it beforePeter DizikesMIT NewsMIT’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. |
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News ReleaseMay 19, 2023Freeman and Garcia-Montes receive Jeanne Guillemin PrizeMichelle EnglishCenter for International StudiesSuzanne 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. |
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In the NewsMay 18, 2023Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2023 Levitan Teaching AwardsSchool of Humanities, Arts, and Social SciencesMIT NewsNicholas 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. |
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In the NewsMay 15, 2023Video: Ukraine pledges to take back Russian-occupied territories, but experts argue success is unlikelyGBH NewsCarol Saivetz, Senior Advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program, appeared on GBH News to discuss the coming Ukrainian counteroffensive. |
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In the NewsMay 12, 2023New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impactMISTIMIT NewsA grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow more MIT interns to connect with innovators in Denmark. |
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News@E40May 10, 2023CIS welcomes Weiner family for exhibit tourSabina Van MellCenter for International StudiesThis 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. |