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</a><strong>Highlights from Said and Done </strong>| April 2011 Edition <br />
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KUDOS<br />
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<strong>Jay Scheib, Associate Professor of Theater, wins 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship <br />
</strong>The prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship is an award for advanced, mid-career professionals, who are chosen from among thousands of distinguished artists, scholars, and scientists, for having "demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." <br />
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<strong>Pauline Maier's <em>Ratification</em> is finalist for the Washington Book prize; Maier also receives the Miller Award</strong><br />
The Washington Book Prize, one of the largest book awards in the U.S., is given annually to the best book on America's founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history. The Miller Award for Excellence in American History is given by the Concord Free Library of Concord, Massachusetts. <br />
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NEWS AND FEATURES<br />
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<strong>Rt Hon David Miliband MP in residence at the Center for International Studies</strong><br />
Miliband, an alumnus of the Department of Political Science, member of the British Parliament, and former Foreign Secretary for the United Kingdom (2007-10) is joining CIS as a Wilhelm Fellow from April 11 through 15, 2011. During this time, he will give a talk on Afghanistan, and meet with faculty and students. Miliband spoke with MIT News about the need for a revamped political strategy for Afghanistan.<br />
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<strong>Japan's nuclear crisis and governmental response </strong><br />
Forum on March 16, 2011, co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies and the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. MIT experts discuss Japan's nuclear past, present, and future from a political and engineering perspective. The presentation includes an eyewitness account of the crisis and the Japanese government's response. <br />
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<strong>Digital forensics </strong><br />
Photo experts converge at MIT to discuss how to spot doctored images. The ability to fake digital images is now running far ahead of our ability to detect the fakes. Report from an event sponsored by the Knight Science Journalism program and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. <br />
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<strong>3 Questions: Liquidity lessons </strong><br />
Economist Bengt Holmstrom on the problems of borrowing and lending in a post-crash world, and the role of government in responding to crises.<br />
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RESEARCH PORTFOLIO<br />
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<strong>Suzanne Berger leads a team to re-think what it means to be "made in America."</strong><br />
MIT President Susan Hockfield has enlisted Political Science professor Suzanne Berger to undertake a game-changing study of America’s industrial economy. Berger and Phil Sharp, Nobel Laureate in biology, are chairing a new interdisciplinary team called Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE). <br />
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<strong>Bookshelf </strong><br />
</strong>The research of MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences appears principally in the form of books and publications, as well as music and theater productions. These gems of the School provide new knowledge and analysis, innovation and insight, guidance for policy, and nourishment for lives. <br />
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS<br />
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<strong>Saturday, April 30
Under the Dome</strong> | MIT Open House | Great Ideas Event<br />
For MIT’s Open House on April 30th the School is producing an all-day event on the innovations and contributions in the humanities, arts, and social science disciplines. The event at Kresge Auditorium will feature idea stations and current research, as well as music and theater performances, and literary readings. <br />
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<strong>April 13–15</strong><br />
<strong>La Ronde </strong>| Let's get it on<br />
A comedy of lust and longing. Written by Arthur Schnitzer at the beginning of the 20th century, the play has been adapted by Anna Kohler for MIT. With the help of today’s media, actors from other continents will be able to perform in the show, along with the MIT Dramashop actors. <br />
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<strong> Friday, April 15</strong><br />
<strong>Bang-on-a-Can Marathon</strong><br />
World-renowned new music powerhouses Kronos Quartet, Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars and Chinese pipa-ist Wu Man team up with MIT’s own Gamelan Galak Tika and MIT Chamber Chorus for a 5-hour marathon concert featuring works by MIT’s Evan Ziporyn, Tod Machover, alum Christine Southworth, as well as Brian Eno and minimalist gurus Steve Reich & Terry Riley.<br />
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<strong>Thursday, April 21—Saturday, April 23</strong><br />
Dance Technology and Circulations of the Social, V. 2.0<br />
For the 150th celebration, a dozen dance technology researchers will be at MIT to present their current, media-focused research. The two-day symposium includes readings, demonstrations, and small-scale performances, and will produce an anthology of writings to be edited by the symposium conveners.<br />
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MULTIMEDIA <br />
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<strong>Lightman on art and science</strong><br />
To celebrate the birthday of Albert Einstein—a video interview with adjunct professor Alan Lightman, best-selling author of Einstein's Dreams, and the first professor at MIT to receive a joint appointment in the sciences and the humanities.<br />
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<strong>Acemoglu on inequality and the financial crash<br />
</strong> This excellent podcast interview with Daron Acemoglu, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Economics, examines the role of income inequality in the financial crash. <br />
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