DUSP in the Media: May 2024
Hack the Archive, Karilyn Crockett
Students from MIT and Alain Locke School touring the Mill Creek neighborhood in Philadelphia, Anne Spirn
Portland, Maine via the Portland Press Herald's Ben McCanna
Liveright, Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
DUSP alum and author, Eric Jay Dolin, publishes a new book, Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World, which provides, in the words of Publishers Weekly, a “stunning account of shifting fortunes is riven with tension on every page, as Dolin provides detailed descriptions of bickering and backstabbing, tricky nautical maneuvers, and desperate survival techniques. It’s an edge-of-your-seat adventure." More...
The Guardian, “Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns”
Balakrishnan Rajagopal offers insights to the Guardian on how unaffordable rents and property prices could empower far-right and populist parties in Europe. More...
CNN, “Rebuilding Gaza Could Take Decades”
CNN Newsroom’s John Vause interviews Balakrishnan Rajagopal on the projected timeline and cost associated with post-war Gaza. More...
CommonWealth Beacon, “Getting to yes on siting energy projects”
Lawrence Susskind pens an opinion piece for CommonWealth Magazine exploring the advantages of negotiating enforceable community benefit agreements to overcome challenges to the renewable energy siting process. More...
The Bay State Banner, “MIT hackathon explores a role for churches in closing wealth gap”
Kenneth Cooper covers the early May hackathon led by Karilyn Crockett, aimed at exploring the question: What is the role of institutions of faith in helping to narrow the racial wealth and resources gap in the US? More...
Al Jazeera, “Genocide in Gaza”
Balakrishnan Rajagopal joins Al Jazeera to discuss a United Nation press release on forced displacement and the mass destruction of housing in Gaza. More...
CommonWealth Beacon, “MIT should stand with Gaza”
Hazel O’Neil pens an opinion piece detailing the protest encampment at MIT as well as why peaceful advocacy and democratic expression on university campuses is critical at this moment. More...
WTTW, “CTA Touts Report Showing Transit’s Key Role in Chicago Region – But Agency President Quiet on Proposal to Merge CTA, Metra and Pace”
Nick Blumberg builds on a JTL Urban Mobility Lab and Argonne National Laboratory report detailing how the public transportation system drives environmental, economic, and social benefits for the Chicago region. The MIT research team includes: Jinhua Zhao, Anson Stewart, Jim Aloisi, Seamus Joyce-Johnson, Gabriel Barrett, Delphine Protopapas, and Anson So. More...
New Books Network, “New Work in Digital Humanities”
Luca Scholz hosts Catherine D'Ignazio to discuss her recently published book, Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action (MIT Press, 2024). Counting Feminicide “brings to the fore the work of data activists across the Americas who are documenting such murders—and challenging the reigning logic of data science by centering care, memory, and justice in their work.” More...
Portland Press Herald, “We can do way better than the Gorham Connector”
Jeff Levine and Nancy Smith write an opinion piece on the proposed new section of highway from I-95 to Gorham, encouraging a new approach to “...solve this region’s congestion problem in a smart, equitable, and climate-sensitive way.” More...
The Harvard Crimson, “Flat Tires: How A Divisive Debate Over Cambridge Bike Lanes Left Everyone Unsatisfied”
Jim Aloisi offers insights in Ayumi Nagatomi and Avani Rai’s piece detailing the efforts, resistance, and wins for allocating more dedicated and protected bike lanes in Cambridge, MA. More...
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “MIT students and West Philly middle schoolers are working together to preserve the Mill Creek neighborhood”
Nate File’s Philadelphia Inquirer details the efforts of MIT and Alain Locke School students in Anne Spirn’s Ecological Urbanism practicum. The piece includes MCP students Mena Mohamed, Olivia Fiol, Simone Delaney and Alula Hunsen as well as Alain Locke School students Zarif Islam, Zekih Presley, Vera White, Samya Mosley, and Kyla Clark. More...
Portland Press Herald, “Cracking the ‘ReCode’ that could decide Portland’s housing future”
Grace Benninghoff taps Jeff Levine for comments on rewriting zoning rules of the city of Portland, Maine in a process known as ReCode. “Given where we are in the housing market right now and given how hard it is for young Mainers to find places to live, this is an opportunity for everybody,” Levine says in Benninghoff’s piece. “But you have to get past that fear of not wanting anything to change.” More...