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MIT student writers share their work!

Join us on October 28 for the Angles 2026 Showcase, celebrating writing by students in MIT's introductory writing courses. Discover the range of genres, subjects, and perspectives represented in this year's collection.

* Wednesday, October 28, 5 p.m.
* The Nexus (14S-130), MIT Building 14, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge by @mit_cmsw

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Next Tuesday at MIT!

Poets Eleni Sikelianos and Julie Carr join us October 20 for the William Corbett Poetry Series. Their work explores family histories, the natural world, politics, and the possibilities of poetic form.

• Tuesday, October 20, 6 p.m.
• MIT Building 2, Room 105

Find event details at cmsw.mit.edu.

#MIT #Poetry #PoetryReading #CambridgeMA by @mit_cmsw

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It's DISSOLVE MUSIC time! Kicking off tonight with CMS/W Professor Ian Condry and others, it's the Spatial Sound Lab's festival and conference: https://theater.mit.edu/event/dissolve-music-mit-2026/ by @mit_cmsw

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Mark your calendars -- Tuesday 10/20 brings our next reading from the William Corbett Poetry Series.

We'll welcome two influential poets: Eleni Sikelianos and Julie Carr.

Sikelianos' work "takes up urgent concerns of environmental precarity" and has been translated into twelve languages.

Carr teaches at the University of Colorado Boulder and hosts the podcast “Return the Key: Jewish Questions for Everyone.”

The readings will be here on the MIT campus in Building 2, room 105.

https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/eleni-sikelianos-and-julie-carr-the-william-corbett-poetry-series/ by @mit_cmsw

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Welcome to the fall semester! We already have three events on the calendar, starting with a talk by the University of Illinois' John Gallagher plus a special two-day celebration of SHASS at 75 featuring several of our faculty. Here's what to enjoy:

*** John Gallagher: “A study of undergrad self-perceptions of Generative AI and writing skills”

Tuesday, September 22 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 155
https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/undergrad-generative-ai-and-writing-skills/

*** A.J. Bauer: “Beyond Bias”

Thursday, September 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Building 14E, Room 304
https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/a-j-bauer-beyond-bias/

"What if we saw bias for what it is—an acknowledgment of ideological disagreement, and an invitation into a distinct practice of worldbuilding?"

*** SHASS celebrates 75 years
https://shass.mit.edu/news-events/shass-75th-anniversary-symposium

"The SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium is a two-day celebration being held September 24-25, 2026 in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall (Building W18). The symposium will feature topical faculty panel discussions, music and theater arts performances, and alumni talks. Between sessions, attendees will have opportunities for connecting and networking."

*** Eleni Sikelianos and Julie Carr: the William Corbett Poetry Series

Tuesday, October 20 @ 6:00 pm
Building 2, Room 105
https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/eleni-sikelianos-and-julie-carr-the-william-corbett-poetry-series/ by @mit_cmsw

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What connects ancient Greek rhetoric, television, psychology, and the way we understand the world around us?

Categories, says CMS/W professor Edward Schiappa.

In a new conversation, Schiappa discusses "Neosophistic Perspectives," a collection spanning more than two decades of his work, and reflects on the questions that have connected his research across rhetoric, media studies, philosophy, and more.

Read the conversation:
https://cmsw.mit.edu/edward-schiappa-on-neosophistic-perspectives/

#MIT #Rhetoric #MediaStudies by @mit_cmsw

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2 months ago

The fall events calendar continues to come together! Just added is a lunch with A.J. Bauer, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Alabama. He asks, "Instead of endlessly debating the ideological and normative slants of various media, what if we saw bias for what it is—an acknowledgment of ideological disagreement, and an invitation into a distinct practice of worldbuilding?"

Be sure to register. Events link in bio.

Also slated are a talk on student self-perceptions on their AI use and the fall's first William Corbett Poetry Series reading. Track it all at cmsw.mit.edu/events. by @mit_cmsw

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SHASS is pleased to welcome new faculty to the School.

Next up: Tung-Hui Hu, an Associate Professor in @mit_cmsw. Tung-Hui Hu by @mit_cmsw

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Students may be familiar with generative AI, but that does not mean they trust it or think it writes better than they do.

On September 22, John Gallagher will share findings from a survey of 342 undergraduates across the humanities, business, and STEM.

How are students using AI? How much do they trust it? And how do they think its writing compares with their own?

The findings reveal some striking divides and raise larger questions about how generative AI may be changing the way we write, think, and persist through difficult work.

> Tuesday, September 22
> 5–6:30 p.m.
> MIT

Registration is now open at cmsw.mit.edu.

Organized by CMS/W lecturer Michael Trice, this event is part of a series on AI and writing hosted by MIT Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication. The series is supported by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

#GenerativeAI #Writing #HigherEducation #AIandEducation #MIT by @mit_cmsw

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The Irish Examiner on Professor Thomas Levenson's latest book, "A Pox on Fools":

"Unlike the witterings of RFK Jr, A Pox on Fools is necessarily full of science, but informs without ever becoming dull, and is a lively, logical, well-written, and impeccably researched book." by @mit_cmsw

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Tonight, June 11, join CMS/W science writing professor Thomas Levenson at the Cambridge Public Library, presenting his new book "A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines" https://www.harvard.com/event/thomas-levenson Book cover to "A Pox on Fools" by @mit_cmsw

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Chris Couch, S.M. '15, and associate director of our graduate program in science writing yesterday won the MIT Staff Award for Distinction in Service! The award "is given annually to a staff member at MIT whose service to the Institute results in positive lasting impact on MIT's community."

Said one nominator, "I am grateful every day I get to witness Chris’s impact on our students and alumni, the MIT community, and the field of science journalism more broadly. At a dark time for facts, Chris is a light. Her passion for this work, its capacity to do good and effect change, and her belief in the role our students play in its landscape, makes it easier to get up in the morning and keep doing what we’re doing."

And said another, "Year after year, students cite Chris as the most exceptional teacher and the heart of our program. Her ability to mentor, support, and challenge students has left an enduring mark on GPSW. Each year since joining the program, she has taken on greater responsibilities, expanding her leadership in ways that have fundamentally strengthened our community." by @mit_cmsw

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