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Living Climate Futures demonstrates a collaborative approach to community activism and response to climate change for Earth Day weekend, April 22-23. Natural world philosophies were a highlight of the Indigenous Earth Day panel.

Leo Marx, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American Cultural History, emeritus at MIT, died at 102. Marx created a new lens for American history studies, wrote the pioneering book "The Machine in the Garden," and was a leader in bringing the humanities into a central academic role at MIT.

MIT faculty members Dwai Banerjee, Tristan Brown, Eric Goldberg, Nick Montfort, Tanalís Padilla, and Ken Urban received awards from the MIT SHASS Research Fund for 2022. The fund supports research in the Institute's humanities, arts, and social science fields that shows promise of making an important contribution to the proposed area of activity.