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MIT Establishes Center For Art, Science & Technology

By TechTaffy Desk

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MIT has received $1.5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST).

A joint initiative of the Office of the Provost and the Schools of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) and School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), the proposal was co- sponsored by Philip S. Khoury, associate provost and Ford International Professor of History; Adèle Naudé Santos, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning; and Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music, will serve as CAST’s inaugural director.

The grant will provide awards to faculty, researchers and curators seeking to develop cross-disciplinary courses, new research or exhibitions that span the arts, science and technology. Mellon funds also will supplement MIT’s existing Visiting Artists program. In addition, the grant will support the participation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the activities of the Center.

The associate provost and deans of SA+P and SHASS will fund a major, biennial international symposium on art, science and technology. The first one will take place during the 2013-14 academic year.

CAST will be housed in the Office of the Provost.

Upload: 04-22-12

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