Daron Acemoglu is the 2023 recipient of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center’s A.SK Social Science Award, one of the most highly endowed international awards in the social sciences. "I am incredibly honored and humbled to have been selected as the recipient of the A.SK Social Science Award," Acemoglu says. "The WZB has been unwavering in its … [Read more...]
Building an inclusive undergraduate experience
Creating a sense of belonging while shepherding students through intense management coursework is challenging but fruitful. “Making diversity, equity, and inclusion a primary lens through which we do our work creates a space for us to be our authentic selves,” Glemaud-Anis says. “We cannot create inclusive spaces that center belonging if we … [Read more...]
At the Forefront of the Black Architectural Movement
Robert Clarke answers 10 questions in a Q&A on creating a Black architectural style, his design inspirations, and why he chose to study at RWU. Here's a snippet: Q: Can architecture be a tool for social change? Clarke: While there isn’t a singular Black identity, there are Black American cultural traditions that make up a … [Read more...]
In sports entertainment, fortune favors the bold
Like many students, I was thinking, “How the heck did I even get here? Am I MIT material?” I arrived in Cambridge for orientation after a solo three-day road trip from Houston and during that drive, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do at MIT Sloan and decided that I was going to hit the ground running from day one. Read the … [Read more...]
Showing Up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
There was also no blueprint for such an office at MIT Sloan. “This office had not existed before, so there were certainly challenges figuring out what this office would be focused on and look like over the long term,” says Ashe. As Branch explains, “We are a startup that operates within a well-established entity.” Making room within MIT Sloan and … [Read more...]
Inclusion as a business success strategy | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Commitment to and creating support for building and sustaining diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces can be challenging. Some organizations’ cultures aren’t designed to offer spaces in which DEI can flourish or otherwise don’t know where to begin. If you’re interested in developing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, here are … [Read more...]
Golf Beyond the Game: Links to a More Inclusive Networking Environment
"When this opportunity came to help diversify golf and expand networking opportunities for MIT students, I jumped at the chance," said Jorge Calzada, MIT Sloan MBA '06. Read the full post Golf Beyond the Game: Links to a More Inclusive Networking Environment … [Read more...]
Liberal Arts and Humanities Doctoral Education Reform in the United States
“The most striking thing about the American university in its formative period is the diversity of mind shown by the men who spurred its development. Those who participated in the academic life...displayed sharply dissonant attitudes. Their outlook offered no smooth consensus.” – Laurence Veysey, The Emergence of the American University The … [Read more...]
Moments in Black History: Brown v Board of Education
"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be made available on equal terms." - Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Remember when you … [Read more...]
Rinse
There is beaded silver rainwater outside my window. It is beat-beat-beating the brown painted peeling Weathered swollen pane. These mornings before the Beginnings of everything serve to dull the white Throb of settling sadness spreading up from parted Pistoning silences, born of dark failures of my dying Selves. The rainwater is sh-sh-sliding … [Read more...]
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