MIT - Out of the Math Box!

2 Aug 2013

Prestige, Measurement, and What’s Left Out that Matters

Fifth in a Series. First one is here. When I was at MIT, it seemed like hardly anyone there was interested in teaching. My advisor told me that mathematicians viewed teaching as akin to golf: an unrelated side-interest. The teaching … Read More

30 Jul 2013

Summer MOOCs 2: Mechanics ReView

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Second in a series. First is here. The first MOOC I started, Mechanics ReView, was originally developed at MIT as a short three week course for students who didn’t do well in their regular introductory Newtonian Mechanics Course (generally the … Read More

13 Sep 2009

Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through MIT’s Male Math Maze

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Last night I went to see the play Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through MIT’s Male Math Maze, written and performed by Gioia De Cari. Gioia and I were friends at MIT – we both started the Math PhD program … Read More