[Editors] Said and Done | MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | February 2011

[Deborah Fitzgerald]

[1]

The February 2011 edition of [2]Said and Done is now online.
Here are a few highlights:
  Links:
    1. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11
    2. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11

KUDOS

_Pesetsky elected a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement
of Science
_David  Pesetsky,  Ferrari  P.  Ward  Professor of Modern Languages and
Linguistics,  was  chosen for “his innovative and critical research on
syntactic theory, connecting it to issues in phonology, morphology, reading,
language  acquisition  and  neuroscience, and for his contributions to
linguistic education at many levels.”
[3]More at Said and Done
  Links:
    3. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#pesetsky

_Bartusiak Awarded the Davis Prize _
The History of Science Society has awarded the Watson Davis and Helen Miles
Davis Prize to Marcia Bartusiak for The Day We Found the Universe, calling
it "a beautifully written, informative book on a critical topic in the
history of science" and a "rich, complex, yet crystal-clear narrative" that
depicts a seminal moment in history.
[4]More at Said and Done
  Links:
    4. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#bartusiak

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
___FAST | Festival of Arts + Technology + Science
_The School's renowned music and theater sections are producing major events
for  FAST:  Festival of Art + Technology + Science—a five-month series
celebrating MIT's distinctive culture of creativity and invention. This
month "Hydriotaphia," a play by Tony Kushner, directed by Janet Sonenberg;
and the Handel & Hayden Society's performance of Handel's "Israel in Egypt."
[5]Full listings at Said and Done
  Links:
    5. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#fast

_Fuller to lead NEH Summer Seminar at MIT _
"English Encounters with the Americas, 1550-1610" is an NEH seminar for
college professors to be held July 5-29, 2011 at MIT. Led by Mary Fuller,
Professor of Literature, sixteen selected seminar participants will explore
primary sources on Anglo-American contact using evidence and methods from
several disciplines. _
_[6]More at Said and Done
  Links:
    6. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#neh

RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

_Is new media technology making us Alone Together? _
“There  is a real state of confusion about whether or not we have each
other’s  attention in our always-on connectivity culture,” says Sherry
Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science
and Technology, in her new book. _
_[7]More at Said and Done
  Links:
    7. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#alone

_Tracing families’ escape from poverty _
Economist  Robert Townsend's research shows how the poor in developing
countries become wealthier. _
_[8]Story by Peter Dizikes
  Links:
    8. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#tracing

_Bookshelf _
These gems of the School provide new knowledge and analysis, innovation and
insight, guidance for policy, and nourishment for lives. _
_[9]Take a look
  Links:
    9. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#bookshelf

NEWS AND FEATURES

_Economists converge at MIT for major symposium _
An array of stars in economics and finance, including seven Nobel Prize
winners,  prominent policymakers and influential public intellectuals,
convened for “Economics and Finance: from Theory to Practice to Policy” —
one  of  six  academic  symposia taking place to celebrate MIT’s 150th
anniversary. _
_[10]Videos of all sessions + story
  Links:
    10. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#economists

_Opera News calls Ziporyn's new opera "colossally imaginative" _
"Ziporyn's West-meets-East adventure is a grand kaleidoscopic success that
no one else could have dreamed up." — _Opera News_
[11]More at Said and Done
  Links:
    11. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#opera

MULTIMEDIA

_Paul Farmer on the path to real recovery in Haiti_
Difficult  as it is to look beyond the acute misery of Haiti’s current
crisis,  physician/anthropologist  Paul Farmer proposes a focus on the
nation’s “chronic problems.” There’s no shortage of recovery ideas, he says,
but these will go nowhere if they do not also advance the long-neglected,
basic rights of Haitians._
_[12]Video at Said and Done
  Links:
    12. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11#farmer

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[18]Said and Done | Digest for February 2011
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    18. http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/february_11

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