Posts Tagged technology
Dethorning STEM
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Blogs, Research, School of Engineering, Students on January 20, 2012
Max Goldstein, E14, writes a blog called “Dethroning STEM,” which he calls “a reminder that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics won’t prick your finger.” In a recent post, he explored the use of technology in education:
I am little concerned with handing over our youth’s education to a machine. Isn’t the transfer of knowledge from generation to generation one of the core ideas that make us human?
Panetta Honored as a Woman of Vision
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Faculty, Research, School of Engineering, Video on May 23, 2011
On May 19, Karen Panetta, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the School of Engineering and founder of Nerd Girls, was honored as one of three recipients of the 2011 Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards. The winners were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions as women in technology. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology created the following video about Panetta:
EDIT 6/7: Watch Panetta’s acceptance speech:
Hacking Away
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Alumni, School of Arts and Sciences on December 16, 2010
The local tech industry blog BostInnovation recently interviewed Mike Champion (A’01), vice president of engineering at the Cambridge-based startup oneforty, which helps people get the most out of Twitter.
Rethinking the Humanities
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Blogs, Faculty, School of Arts and Sciences on December 2, 2010
Classics Professor Gregory Crane, editor-in-chief of the Perseus Project, recently blogged for the The Stoa Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities on “Rethinking the Humanities and Advancing Civilization in a Violent World.”
We are poised to create a new humanities education that integrates the most advanced analytical methods with our most ancient goals and that produces a generation better able to think about where they have come from and where they are going. And we have now the tools to expand our collaborations across languages and cultures, to develop intellectual and personal relationships with our colleagues from whom we had been cut off.