CMS/W Professor Ian Condry and the local spatial sound community are ready for a big February, starting with a social gathering at Berklee College of Music next Saturday...join us for one or all! cmsw.mit.edu/events/categ...

It's time for our annual filmmaking workshop! If you're interested in submitting a short film for the "MIT in 3:00" short film competition, join the MIT in 3:00 staff for the 1-day workshop on Thursday, January 29. cmsw.mit.edu/event/mit-in...

A great opportunity to spend some time with our professor Eric Klopfer and lecturer Michael Trice. Eric plays host and will run a session on AI's effects on learning, and Michael's Friday 11am session is on the use of AI in MIT's writing programs. computing.mit.edu/iap-2026-exp...

Mini-forests! MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing student Ashley D’Souza reports on the challenges of growing trees in urban neighborhoods like North Brookline, Mass., where they're not tied in to their native ecosystems. Her story starts at 9:14: brookline.news/brookline-ne...

Thank you to everyone who've followed along with us as we share these wonderful pieces from Angles. We wrap up these shares with "More than Nonsense: Language Acquisition and Identity in Through the Looking Glass" by Carl Osborne, '28: cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

In the latest from CMS/W professor Nick Montfort: "Today’s large language models are very different from both automated reporters and storytelling systems." cmsw.mit.edu/generating-r...

“I would go to one fire and I would cover it, and it would be the same script that I wrote on another fire a week ago.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/b...

Tonight on the 5:30 WMBR 88.1FM Nightly News, we get to hear the latest from a student in our MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing, covering Harry Allen's mission to fling hip-hop into space on its own golden record. Great work, Laura Martín Agudelo! wmbr.org/www/sched

The latest review from CMS/W lecturer Chris Featherman: "Together, these two books reveal the urgent challenge of combating harmful speech and propaganda – and the real violence it leads to – in our polarized political moment." blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

"How many women, I wonder, are kept from communicating with their doctors by their abusers, and without other interpreting options can’t even speak for themselves?" cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

Reminder, tonight, with your host Professor Ian Condry! spatialsoundlab.mit.edu/events/

"Here at MIT, people seem to understand something: to quote the late Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, “You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.'” cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

Today we share a piece by Marlo Cyanovich, '28 -- rediscovering the value of curiosity, connection, and being fully present. cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

Today’s Angles 2025 feature: “The Vault of Past Regrets.” It's reflective essay about fear, forgiveness, and learning to release the small mistakes that follow us for years. Read it here: cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

The MIT Spatial Sound Lab, led by Professor Ian Condry, hosts composer and sound artist Mariam Gviniashvili for a demo, talk, and performance -- “Doing Spatial Music with Ambisonics” --on Wed., Nov. 12 at 5:15 p.m. in W20-429. Details: calendar.mit.edu/event/mariam...

Today’s Angles 2025 feature: “Her Grit.” A powerful essay about persistence, strength, and quiet courage in unexpected places. Read it here → cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

A wonderful event ahead featuring Alan Lightman, whose Einstein’s Dreams continues to inspire new ways of thinking about time and consciousness. He’ll join Daniel Pillis at the MIT Museum for readings and conversation on November 14. mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/ein...

How can we know if a law or policy has chilled people’s free expression? Can we use science to find out? Excited to join @penney.bsky.social, author of a new book on Chilling Effects, & @katygb.bsky.social on Dec 10th to discuss the science of civil liberties knightcolumbia.org/events/the-s...

Today’s Angles 2025 feature: “Works by Hand”, by Hannah Odland, '28. A thoughtful look at how making things with our hands shapes how we think and connect -- especially in an age of automation. Read: cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

And up today, let's celebrate a piece called "Hard Work Soup" by Rafy Yoo, '28: "My mother and I would take turns scouting the richness of the soup—both of us understanding we had a duty to make it just right." cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...

And up first is "Food of the Kings" by Dhruv Shah! cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/... "My pompous self would love to claim that adding star anise was a stroke of absolute genius, but because I am very humble, I will not say so."

Over the next few weeks, we’ll share essays from Angles 2025, showcasing how MIT students write and think through personal, scientific, and social questions. Read the full collection here: cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025

From our professor Justin Reich: "New education technologies are only as powerful as the communities that guide their use. Opening a new browser tab is easy; creating the conditions for good learning is hard." goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

"New education technologies are only as powerful as the communities that guide their use. Opening a new browser tab is easy; creating the conditions for good learning is hard." theconversation.com/what-past-ed...

Latest from Professor Justin Reich and Jesse Dukes: "At a moment when unprecedented sums are being invested in AI development — including many billions devoted to AI powered education technology — teachers wonder if our priorities are in the right place." www.teachlabpodcast.com/the-homework...

Dissolve Music @ MIT 2025 is coming up next week! Professor Ian Condry and friends with the MIT Spatial Sound Lab presents two-nights of immersive music and an afternoon of talks, free and open to the public. spatialsoundlab.mit.edu/events/

We're so excited to welcome back Vincent Anioke, ’17, a multiple-time winner of our annual Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes, for a reading from his collection of short stories from Arsenal Pulp Press. We hope you'll join us and Vincent on campus on Thursday, October 16 @ 7pm cmsw.mit.edu/event/vincen...

The latest @nytimes.com piece from our Science Writing grad program alum Cara Giaimo: "Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/s...

“Our girls are still dead”: Camp Mystic parents successfully pushed for laws to protect kids at camp. But too late to save their own children. Beautifully told story by former @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellow @emfoxhall.bsky.social via @texastribune.org

MIT's Peter Dizikes highlights Alan Lightman's and his latest book, The Shape of Wonder. With us in an era where "evidence" and "critical thinking" sound to public ears almost like dirty words, Lightman and co-author Martin Rees set out to show how scientists think. news.mit.edu/2025/3-quest...

Jane Muschenetz’s poetry bridges the gap between science and art. She just earned two awards for her work from the National Federation of Press Women. Read our profile of her: www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1...

From the director of our Writing and Communications Center comes a methodology for writing centers to adapt to the rise of AI in student writing: cmsw.mit.edu/navigate-the...

ICYMI over the summer: Prof. Nick Montfort tells us how the "imagination of rappers (and others in hip hop) can uniquely offer as we envision the future – and why there has been so little future-oriented rap."

The latest from Justin Reich and Jesse Dukes "The Homework Machine" podcast...Justin Goes Back to School... After his year-long sabbatical, how is Professor Reich preparing to deal with the major leaps that took place with AI in the classroom? www.teachlabpodcast.com/justin-goes-...

Had a great time at @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social last week, giving a seminar on how researchers can engage with the media — from interview prep to dos & don’ts. Great questions, great energy — shows the appetite for connecting science & society.

Are standards slipping on English language testing? As Duolingo shakes up the sector, @helenpacker.bsky.social investigates whether tests are really becoming less rigorous – or are universities setting pass rates that are too low? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-st...

For those in and around Urbana, we hope you'll join Professor Vivek Bald for a screening of his documentary (with Q&A) "In Search of Bengali Harlem" this Friday: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/4639/... And stay tuned for details on a similar event we hope to schedule this fall at MIT!

Our Writing and Communication Center is now booking appointments for the fall! Starting Sept. 3, MIT students, postdocs, faculty, and staff can have one-on-one coaching in writing, presentations, and more -- online or in person. Reserve your spot. cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-...

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Just a week left! cmsw.mit.edu/applications... "We seek a candidate to contribute to the Institute’s intellectual life by pursuing an active publishing agenda, teaching courses in creative writing and related subjects at the undergraduate level, advising students, and directing senior theses."

Excited to share a piece @ariezra.bsky.social and I have written “The Evolution of Trust and Safety” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Peeking out at Bluesky from the bunker we ran to after Twitter X'd.