[Editors] MIT Spectrum: Spring 2011

Tue May 31 14:19:25 EDT 2011

Hello, Everyone!

The new issue of MIT Spectrum, published by Resource Development, is here. People from many MIT schools/departments/labs are profiled; please feel free to link to the overall issue or specific stories involving people from your area. Also, feel free to use social media to get the word out. If you have any questions, please contact Liz Karagianis, executive editor of Spectrum, at <rkara at mit.edu<mailto:rkara at mit.edu>>.

Cheers!

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth A. Thomson
Associate Director of Communications
MIT Resource Development
Office of Communications
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MIT celebrates the Campaign for Students, a remarkably successful effort that to date has raised nearly $555 million to support generations of MIT students—a striking achievement in the most difficult economy since the Great Depression.

Alone together<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hqLRKYOAKfJPIcK&s=apINL2NwE6JNJZOsEjH&m=fiIUJ7NNLmLRJ9J>

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Sherry Turkle's new book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other reveals that we're so busy communicating that we neglect each other.

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Srikanth Bolla, a sophomore who is blind, recently traveled to Hyderabad, India, to develop a computer-training center for visually challenged students.

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Freshman Jazzmyne Washington says that a donor's generosity helped give her the financial and academic freedom to bring her dreams to pass.

The MIT Index<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=irKTI1OELhIOKbJ&s=apINL2NwE6JNJZOsEjH&m=fiIUJ7NNLmLRJ9J>

Pick a number—any number—and we'll show you how it relates to the astonishing array of activity at MIT. Check out the latest MIT Index.
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Elizabeth A. Thomson
Associate Director of Communications
MIT Resource Development
Office of Communications
600 Memorial Dr., W98-300
617-258-5563, 857-756-9457
<thomson at mit.edu<mailto:thomson at mit.edu>>, giving.mit.edu<http://giving.mit.edu>
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