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Spring 2020 Roundup
…home!” 01/28/20 MIT News: “3 Questions: Kang Zhou on the lessons of Chinese calligraphy” 01/30/20 GL website “Douglas Morgenstern looks back on the ‘No recuerdo’ and the ‘MITUPV Exchange’ projects”…
Welcoming you back to Global Languages!
…won digital teaching awards this spring as a result of student nominations! The new LMS, Canvas, is especially suited to language and culture instruction, with multilingual as well as multimedia…
The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
…THE SPEAKER Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk from New York City. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, he obtained a BA in philosophy from Brooklyn College…
Arabic language classes launched
…now MIT students have had to enroll at Harvard or Wellesley to study this language for credit.” She explained that the new pilot was made possible with the support of…
Welcome to Global Languages at Virtual MIT
…things where you are? We realize many of you might be new to online learning and the current situation poses new challenges for all. MIT has a new site with…
Racial Regimes, Digital Economies
That digital devices and online services are grounded in material infrastructures and the products of living and breathing human subjects is no news anymore. But what about the role of…
Dr. Nasser Rabbat Lectures About History of Arabic Inscriptions in Islamic Architecture
…historiography. Dr. Rabbat’s lecture was clear and detailed enough to communicate key concepts in Islamic architecture to those new to the field, while still providing new details and notes on…
Jing Wang received “Overseas Distinguished Professorship” Award
…the very few scholars “…who simultaneously studies the impact of new media on for-profit industries (such as media and advertising) and non-profit sectors (such as civic communications and nonprofit technologies).”…
Twilight Chorus (for Humans)
The Twilight Chorus is new vocal work composed by Pete M. Wyer. Inspired by MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa’s theory that human speech evolved from birdsong, Wyer’s score features slowed-down transcripts…
Joseph Borkowski receives Infinite Mile Award
…of so many twists and turns, he has supported our instructors not only to keep pace with the rapid changes of remote instruction, but to find new teaching tools and…
Summer/Fall 2020 Roundup
…frosh done right“ 9/24/20 MIT News “The Meaning of Masks” featured comments by Emma Teng 9/9/20 MIT News “Winners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations“…
The challenges are still there but we will overcome them
…learning new grammar patterns and vocabulary through the content. I felt so defeated after the first class. With my colleague’s encouragement, I picked myself up and faced it again the…