From hiestand at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 2 10:20:37 2010 From: hiestand at MIT.EDU (Emily Hiestand) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:20:37 -0500 Subject: [Editors] Said and Done | From the Dean's Office Message-ID: <9be039b955f2b6393bc7798d721b763b83d.20100202142329@mcsv187.net> Dear All, Greetings. Here?s the current edition of Said and Done, the monthly communications digest from MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. For the complete review and photographs, visit [1]Said and Done. Links: 1. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january Highlights include: RESEARCH PORTFOLIO _Who needs to understand science? _ In a word, Everyone, and science journalists play a major role in the public understanding of science. In the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships program, outstanding journalists from around the globe hone their skills and perspectives for this work. [2]Learn more Links: 2. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january _Bookshelf_ | Spring 2010 Edition New knowledge and analysis, guidance for policy, and nourishment for lives __[3]Take a look Links: 3. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january NEWS _All or Nothing _ MIT experts on the future of health-care reform: Congress should still think big. [4]by Peter Dizikes at MIT News Links: 4. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january _Haldeman receives science fiction community's highest honor_ Joe Haldeman, Adjunct Professor in the School's Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, has received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. [5]Full story Links: 5. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january MULTIMEDIA _Robert Solow on the economic crisis ? and how we can recover _ Nobel Prize-winning economist and MIT Professor Emeritus Robert Solow explains why a stateside housing slump turned into a global economic crisis, and how we can recover. [6]Watch Links: 6. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january _On PBS: Professor of Music Ellen Harris on Handel's Messiah _ When 18th century composer George Frideric Handel wrote his timeless "Messiah" oratorio, he not only penned a classic holiday composition, he established a foundation for a new business approach to opera. Paul Solman reports, and interviews Professor of Music Ellen Harris, who sings one of her responses. [7]Watch Links: 7. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january PROFILES _Andrea Wirth_ | Administrative Assistant, Foreign Languages and Literatures ?I love my job," Wirth says, "I work with some of the most creative people on campus." Off campus, the creativity continues: for 20 years, Wirth has donned a Revolutionary War musician?s uniform and marched in a 45-member Fife and Drum Corps. [8]More Links: 8. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january [9]Said and Done Links: 9. http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2010-said-and-done-january Emily Hiestand Communication Director Office of the Dean MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 617-324-2043, MIT 617-308-4770, Mobile [10]great ideas change the world Links: 10. http://shass.mit.edu Sent to editors at mit.edu. 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Entitled Technology and Enlightenment: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot?s Encyclop?die, it explores one of the most important and controversial publications of the eighteenth century, Diderot?s Encyclop?die, ou Dictionnaire raisonn? des sciences, des arts et des m?tiers. This massive work became infamous in its day as an enlightened attack on French and European religious dogmatism and monarchical inefficiency and injustice. Containing over 2,500 elaborately engraved plates, it documented the mechanical arts and technology, placing equal importance on the manual trades as the arts and sciences. Curated by Jeffrey S. Ravel, MIT Associate Professor of History, and Kristel Smentek, MIT Assistant Professor of Art History, the exhibit features fascinating images chosen from the 32 original folio volumes owned by the MIT Libraries, as well as multimedia components illustrating the Encylopedie?s significance. The exhibit is open to the public Mon.-Thurs. during gallery hours, and runs through July 2010. See the Libraries news blog or MIT campus news for more details. More information on upcoming events associated with the exhibit will be announced soon. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20100203/dc7ff417/attachment.htm From josiep at MIT.EDU Thu Feb 4 16:47:30 2010 From: josiep at MIT.EDU (Josie Patterson) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:47:30 -0500 Subject: [Editors] Play reading, Darwin celebration; free on Feb. 12 MIT Museum Message-ID: Second Fridays at the MIT Museum features From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story a reading Friday, February 12, 6:30 p. m. - 7:30 p. m. Location: MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA Free admission; ages: teens through adult The Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT presents a reading of the play From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story. Written by award- winning playwright Melinda Lopez of Upton, MA the play?s imaginative telling of the impact of Darwin?s theory of evolution includes voices and characters from the past two centuries. Surprises erupt as a muralist's work is derailed by hallucinations, pregnancy, and dinosaurs in this witty take on how we understand - or don?t- the theory of evolution. The reading is a 40 minute excerpt from the play, read by actors from the Central Square Theater. The presentation is part of the MIT Museum's free admission Second Friday's series which features, on a monthly basis, activities, refreshments and the oportunity to tour the Museum. The play will be introduced by Underground Railway Theater artistic Director, and one of the Central Square Theater's founders Debra Wise who will also lead a post reading discussion. Second Friday on February 12, 2010 also features: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Presentations and Demonstrations: Evolution in Biomedical Research Speak with scientists and engineers from the Page Lab and the Linquist Lab at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Learn about how processes of evolution are used in current biomedical research. 6: 30 p.m. ? 7:00 p.m. A reading of the play, From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Talk Back Discussion Talk about the play with Jonathan King, MIT Professor of Molecular Biology and Darwin enthusiast, Debra Wise, a founder of the Central Square Theater, and actors from the Central Square Theater. Refreshments from Cafe Luna. About the playwright Melinda Lopez was the first recipient of the Kennedy Center?s Woollard ?Promising New Voice in American Theatre? and has received multiple Elliot Norton Awards (Boston?s Tony). Her plays have been performed on NPR and in theaters nation-wide?most recently at Williamstown. Her work in science theater includes a commission from the Boston Museum of Science. About the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT CC at MIT is a unique collaboration between MIT and the Underground Railway Theater (URT), a company with 30 years experience creating and touring new works. CC at MIT presents plays that deepen public understanding about science, examining the human condition through the lens of science and technolog. CC at MIT award-winning productions take place annually during the Cambridge Science Festival, and have been featured during the New York City World Science Festival. From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story March 31? May 2, 2010 Central Square Theater, Cambridge, Ma. www.centralsquaretheater.org Josie Patterson Director, Marketing and Public Relations MIT Museum 617-253-4422 josiep at mit.edu 265 Massachusetts Ave, Bldg. 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New York Times ?an elegantly-woven portrait of a family in crisis? ? Screen Daily ?a moving film about coping with death and loss?wonderful arthouse fare? The Hollywood Reporter Sunday, March 21, 11AM Coolidge Corner Theater Brookline MA $5 Tickets Now On Sale http://www.coolidge.org/worldgerman Please Purchase Your Tickets Early Seating is Limited -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20100209/497dbbb8/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thomson Associate Director of Communications MIT Resource Development Office of Communications 600 Memorial Dr., W98-300 617-258-5563, 857-756-9457 , giving.mit.edu ========================= From molee at MIT.EDU Wed Feb 17 09:42:52 2010 From: molee at MIT.EDU (Monica Lee) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:42:52 -0500 Subject: [Editors] Feb 18 Google Analytics webinar Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Publishing Services Bureau invites you to join us tomorrow at a webinar on Google Analytics for Colleges: Understand Clicks, Trends & Track Results. Since many of you are already using Google Analytics, we thought this would be a helpful webinar to offer. There are a few different analytics tools being used across campus and we will continue to evaluate the options on behalf of the community. Thursday, February 18 1-2 p.m. PSB, Building E38-254 No registration required Using Google Analytics as part of your university's marketing strategy will enhance the effectiveness of your overall web marketing efforts. How can your school leverage these tools to better understand its web visitors, track clicks and analyze trends to maximize your marketing campaigns? Higher Ed Hero is sponsoring this webinar, which will cover web metric strategies to drive more traffic to your website, the four must-have Google Analytics rules that every college should apply, how to understand who is visiting your site and what they will want, and proven ways to determine what is and isn't working on your site. For more information about the presenter and topics covered, visit http://www.higheredhero.com/SU/0/2/p3CW29c/p47M6HRLi/p0e. PSB has already registered for the group. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20100217/aedac747/attachment.htm From thomson at MIT.EDU Fri Feb 19 14:20:07 2010 From: thomson at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth A Thomson) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:20:07 -0500 Subject: [Editors] MIT Editors' Club Minutes, Feb. 2010 Message-ID: MIT EDITORS' CLUB *Meeting Notes from February 11, 2010* *Working with the Publishing Services Bureau* Coincidentally, a day or so before this meeting of MIT Editors' Club, I got a nice note from one of our members telling me about a freelance editor she'd worked with and would like to recommend to other members. How should she proceed? I suggested that she start by calling Monica Lee or Bara Blender of the Publishing Services Bureau, because the PSB is a great clearinghouse for "vendors" associated with communications. As a result, her freelance editor could potentially find many more MIT clients. But....was I right to send her to Monica and Bara? WAS this something they could help with? At the time, I simply thought that that's what *I* would do---especially since Monica and Bara have always gotten back to me in the past on a range of queries. Since this meeting was hosted by Monica and Bara, I asked them directly (if a tad belatedly). The answer: "We're always looking for talented people," said Monica. "If you're working with someone who's really good, we definitely want to hear about [her]." The PSB keeps lists of printers, writers, photographers, editors, web programmers and others related to communications. Then, if you or I call the PSB looking for help with a given project, they'll have folks to recommend. Monica explained that once a potential vendor contacts them, they'll conduct an evaluation of that person's work (based on CV, samples, etc.). Obviously, great recommendations from past MIT clients are helpful. *Photo Archives* We then segued into what is becoming a perennial topic for this group (along with social media): photos. Or, as someone at the meeting put it a bit more specifically, "the never-ending saga of where to go for photos on campus." Monica told us a bit about the PSB photo library, and many people also mentioned the News Office. I just confirmed with Editors' Club member and News Office Multimedia Specialist Patrick Gillooly that he is indeed a great contact for existing News Office pics. He noted that it's especially helpful if you can ID a specific photo (e.g., send him the link from the web). Also: Jessica Holmes of the News Office is another good contact for photo requests. In general, however, people were frustrated by the lack of a centralized database for ALL photos. Some mentioned that the Thalia photo-archiving system might be a solution....apparently many Editors, such as Julie Pryor of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, maintain their own photos through Thalia. And, in the general discussion that followed, it sounded like it might be possible to link together these separate databases. But now I am going well beyond my own personal knowledge (and written notes), so I'll just bring us back to the general observation that there does indeed appear to be a lot of interest in this subject. *Working with the Libraries* As you know from the last minutes, Heather Denny of the Libraries is organizing two workshops for this group on working with archivists and others associated with her department. Specifically, the workshops will help us research MIT history and use the multiple resources available. Last month some of my Resource Development colleagues and I met with Heather and some of her colleagues to discuss content for these workshops. Of course, I couldn't wait to share some of the cool stuff we learned. For example: --Don't forget to take advantage of the "Ask Us!" service. If the librarian on call doesn't have an answer to your question, he or she will forward it to the proper person. Go to http://libraries.mit.edu/ask-us/index.html --Many MIT theses are well-read. This little nugget prompted a smile from Sarah Foote of the Sloan School, who told us about a student from about 5 years ago who was so convinced that no-one would ever read his thesis that he tucked at $20 bill into it. "And...what was his name?" someone else quickly asked. *THANK YOU* A big Thank You to Monica Lee and Bara Blender of the Publishing Services Bureau for hosting this meeting at the PSB. *Next Meeting* The next meeting of MIT Editors' Club is as follows. Meetings are always from 12-1, and folks are encouraged to bring a lunch. Monday, March 8, 66-360 THANKS to Melanie Miller of the Department of Chemical Engineering Cheers, Elizabeth ========================= Elizabeth A. Thomson Associate Director of Communications MIT Resource Development Office of Communications 600 Memorial Dr., W98-300 617-258-5563, 857-756-9457 , giving.mit.edu ========================= From levey at mit.edu Mon Feb 22 13:35:03 2010 From: levey at mit.edu (Debbie Levey) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:35:03 -0500 Subject: [Editors] web designer for simple page Message-ID: Someone has asked me for names of web designers for a simple site, and I figure that this list would be the appropriate place to mine information. Specifications: 1) This is to be the cover page of a web site 2) it should be kept simple 3) it needs an area to update for announcements and upcoming meetings 4) part will be visible to everyone, and another part will be password-protected I'll forward all information to the person who asked. Thanks, Debbie From ljclark at MIT.EDU Mon Feb 22 15:44:13 2010 From: ljclark at MIT.EDU (Lauren J Clark) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:44:13 -0500 Subject: [Editors] Muddy Charles Renovation Competition Message-ID: <4E884727-95B1-4633-9F5D-B92B25FAF583@mit.edu> Editors, MIT's legendary bar, the Muddy Charles Pub, needs some sprucing up. If you or anyone you know at MIT is interested in devising a plan to renovate the Muddy Charles, I've got a contest for you. It's open to the entire MIT community, including staff and alumni. The vitals: * The winning proposal gets $1000. Runners-up split $500. * Submissions are due by 4:00 p.m. this Friday, February 26. * Presentations and judging take place at 6:00 p.m. this Friday, February 26 at the Muddy Charles in Walker Memorial. It's a public event. * Info on the pub, submissions, judges, etc. is on the website. The Muddy Charles... * opened in 1968. * employs graduate students as bartenders. * is where the Energy Club meets. * was described on xconomy.com as "bare bones to say the least. Think plain wooden tables, industrial carpet, and a spartan bar off to one side." Pass it on. Oh, and by the way, I'm one of the judges. Cheers, Lauren Clark Communications Officer MIT Resource Development 600 Memorial Drive, W98-300 617-253-6442 ljclark at mit.edu http://development.mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20100222/e1ddee76/attachment.htm