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Professor Christine Walley to Serve on the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future

Professor Christine Walley has agreed to serve on the newly launched Task Force on the Future of Work which is comprised of faculty and researchers across the Institute. The mission of the Task Force is to address questions on what emerging technologies will mean for the future of work and what is the relationship between technology, work and society. More

Professor Stefan Helmreich's latest fieldwork takes place on the FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) ship

Professor Stefan Helmreich's research takes him aboard the FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) ship to interview oceanographic scientists about contemporary wave science. More

Spotlight on Professor Graham Jones and "Magical Realism"

MIT News did a profile on Associate Professor Graham Jones and his views on magic as a microcosm for culture. More

Professor Heather Paxson wins a "Commitment to Caring Award"

Professor Heather Paxson has been recognized for her community building and support of graduate students and has received a "Commitment to Caring" award from the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education. More

And the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference and Scholarship goes to...

The Oxford Companion to Cheese, published in 2016, was chosen to receive the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference and Scholarship, the highest award in the food publishing world. Professor Heather Paxson served as an Area Editor for the volume which consists of 855 encyclopedic entries on all aspects of cheese. In addition to Professor Paxson, Professors Stefan Helmreich and Graham Jones also contributed entries for the volume - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-companion-to-cheese-9780199330881?cc=us&lang=en&l. More

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