In the Media

AAC&U Conference Tackles Democracy and Liberal Education – Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Jan 20, 2022

This week, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), a global membership organization centered on undergraduate liberal education, kicked off its annual meeting with a focus on educating for democracy.

AAC&U Conference Tackles Democracy and Liberal Education – Diverse

Jan 20, 2022

Report: Mass. colleges lacking in gender diversity in leadership – Boston Business Journal

Jan 20, 2022

Elite Massachusetts colleges and their national counterparts aren't keeping up in promoting or hiring women to leadership or board positions, according to a report by the Cape Cod-based Eos Foundation.

Leading transformation

Getting Smart Podcast – Getting Smart Podcast

Jan 05, 2022

Engineering must be for everyone. To do that we may need to change the definition of what engineering is.

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Indico Data Founders Named to 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 – PR Newswire

Dec 02, 2021

Indico co-founders Slater Victoroff (Olin), Diana Yuan (Babson) and Madison May (Olin) have been named to the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

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Meet The Upstarts Leading The Digital Recovery: 30 Under 30 In Enterprise Technology – Forbes

Dec 01, 2021

Digital disruption is the new normal. These engineers and entrepreneurs are here to help.

Unfriended: Frances Haugen on Her Facebook Testimony and What Comes Next – Vogue

Nov 16, 2021

It’s early on a Tuesday night in October, and Frances Haugen and I are at a bright restaurant in a dark corner of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico—a few blocks from the Castillo de San Cristóbal.

The Art of Giving – Tufts Now

Oct 19, 2021

Artists featured in this year’s sale include Helen Donis-Keller, who received an M.F.A. in studio art at the SMFA and is a professor of biology and art at Olin College of Engineering whose work highlights global sustainability themes

Recipients of community clean air grant announced – City of Boston

Oct 19, 2021

Today, Mayor Janey announced the selection of two recipients for the Community Clean Air Grants, a program offered by the Environment Department and the Air Pollution Control Commission.

The education of Frances Haugen: Facebook whistleblower learned to use data as a weapon from years in tech – CHRON

Oct 11, 2021

Over the summer, Frances Haugen called a friend to talk through the implications of her decision to reach out to a journalist and provide confidential documents she had gathered from inside Facebook.

Frances Haugen: How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network – Independent

Oct 10, 2021

When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit over safety, it was likely the most consequential choice of her life.

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network – Boston.com

Oct 10, 2021

The data scientist went before Congress and the cameras last week to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit over safety.

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network – ABC News

Oct 10, 2021

Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough.

What do we know about Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen? – ABC 4 News

Oct 07, 2021

Legislation targeting big social media companies is all but guaranteed easy passage in Washington, D.C. even though both Democrats and Republicans are coming together to condemn the practices of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Frances Haugen's teachers described the future Facebook whistleblower as a 'non-conformist' – The Washington Times

Oct 06, 2021

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is a ‘non-conformist’ who lives in one of San Francisco’s hippest neighborhoods and regularly volunteers at Nevada arts festival Burning Man.

Facebook Whistleblower tell Congress that the platform is hurting kind, weakening democracy – Boston Globe (subscription required)

Oct 05, 2021