Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated [the butterfly] effect in the social and political realms: for if ever one man’s life–and life’s work–changed an entire society irreversibly, it was his life.
CHARLES M. VEST - MIT President 1990-2004
MIT welcomes four new MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
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2018-2019 MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars
Duane Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics at Fisk-Vanderbilt
Lorgia García Peña
Assoc. Prof., Romance Languages & Literatures/History & Literature, Harvard
Kasso Akochayé Okoudjou
Prof., Dept. of Mathematics/Assoc. Chair for Undergraduate Studies, University of Maryland
Matthew Schumaker
Composer and music instructor at University of California, Berkeley
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MLK Visiting Scholars Program
Program Mission:
- honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- recognize outstanding scholars
- support innovative research, teaching and service
- promote diversity at the Institute
- enrich members of the MIT community
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APR 25 2019: 7th Annual MLK-Inspired Art Contest & Performance
EVENT Thursday, April 25, 2019 6-8 pm MIT Student Center – W20-307 Come for dinner and to...
2019 PEN Courage Awardee: Anita Hill
PEN America will honor professor, lawyer, and equal rights advocate Anita Hill with the PEN Cou...
MON 8 APR- “Intimacies” by Yomaira Figueroa w/Lorgia García Peña
Intimacies The Literature Section and Women’s and Gender Studies Program presentDr. Yomai...