Tag: Community

Five high schoolers awarded MIT OMEGA scholarships for intergenerational efforts

The MIT AgeLab awards annual scholarships to high school students who lead or develop intergenerational programs — initiatives designed to bring together younger and older people — in their communities. On Sept. 29, five $5,000 OMEGA scholarships were given to high school students across the United States, with support from AARP Massachusetts. An additional $1,000 […]

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KBC offers evening course on raising and caring for chickens

Casey Matney, associate professor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, is providing a course on Thursday evening, Nov. 30, on poultry, particularly chickens and the rearing and care for personal egg-laying stock and meat birds. The course is free and open to the public. “We expect attendees to have a varied background. […]

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Homer children’s book author tackles illustration in latest ‘Fairies’ book

Homer artist and children’s book writer Sally Wills recently met with the Homer News to talk about her children’s book released earlier this year, “The Tackle Box Fairies,” a sequel to the “The Mason Jar Fairies.” The first book, released in 2020, was illustrated by Wills’ daughter, Oceana Wills. The story, however, was composed several […]

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Roxanne Amso birth

Roxanne Mabel Amso was born on Jan. 26, 2023, at South Peninsula Hospital to parents Megan Udelhoven and Drew Amso of Homer, Alaska. Roxanne Mabel Amso was born on Jan. 26, 2023, at South Peninsula Hospital to parents Megan Udelhoven and Drew Amso of Homer, Alaska. Homer News

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Pet of the Week: Mango

This beautiful boy truly lives up to his name, as he is just the sweetest. Mango gets along with other cats, loves to shower you with affection, and has even been a papa at his young age. He is gentle and playful, super smart and ready for a home to call his own. Call us […]

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Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

There is vast opportunity for nanoscale innovation to transform the world in positive ways — expressed MIT.nano Director Vladimir Bulović as he posed two questions to attendees at the start of the inaugural Nano Summit: “Where are we heading? And what is the next big thing we can develop?” “The answer to that puts into […]

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Judgment, reason, and the university

At a time when universities are subject to intense political pressure, it is tempting to think they can follow a template for establishing to all concerned that educational institutions are neutral entities. But circumstances will almost always complicate such efforts, MIT Professor Malick Ghachem suggested in a recent public lecture. The talk focused on the […]

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Pieces of home

Using a metal fabrication tool, 16-gauge cold rolled steel and her imagination, Ellie DelliGatti creates colorful metal artwork in a variety of sizes and colors. With a preference for making ocean- and Alaska-themed pieces, DelliGatti’s best-selling work includes trinket-sized Alaska shapes with hearts in the area where Homer is located. Finished with abstract paints and […]

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Homer’s Grace Ridge Oystercatcher Stout honored for label

The International Bird Beer Label Association, celebrating their 30th anniversary, has selected Homer’s Grace Ridge Brewery as the 2023 Brewery of the Year in honor of their Oystercatcher Stout brew label featuring a bird image. The Oystercatcher Stout is also being released by the brewery as a holiday beer this year. Previously it has only […]

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Nutcracker Ballet opens next weekend

It’s almost time to step into that magical Christmastime dreamland. The 35th annual Homer Nutcracker Ballet opening weekend will take place at the Homer High School Mariner Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 3. Additional shows are scheduled for Dec. 6 and 8-9. The play’s opening weekend will also coincide with Homer Council […]

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Merging science and systems thinking to make materials more sustainable

For Professor Elsa Olivetti, tackling a problem as large and complex as climate change requires not only lab research but also understanding the systems of production that power the global economy. Her career path reflects a quest to investigate materials at scales ranging from the microscopic to the mass-manufactured. “I’ve always known what questions I […]

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A civil discourse on climate change

A new MIT initiative designed to encourage open dialogue on campus kicked off with a conversation focused on how to address challenges related to climate change. “Climate Change: Existential Threat or Bump in the Road” featured Steve Koonin, theoretical physicist and former U.S. undersecretary for science during the Obama administration, and Kerry Emanuel, professor emeritus […]

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Peer coaching helps graduate students thrive

Eventually she became aware that her PhD was taking longer than average, which fueled her doubts. When the pandemic delayed her research, she worried about falling even further behind. Then, in the spring of 2020, she got an email about the launch of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Coaching Program for students. Her first reaction was, […]

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Celebrating diversity and cultural connections

The aroma of global delicacies filled MIT’s Bush Room, as students made cultural connections and answered trivia questions at the third “Heritage Meets Heritage” event. The event is organized by MIT Global Languages, and has become a tradition. It was first held in spring 2022, and again that fall. The third event, held Oct. 19, […]

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Dennis Whyte steps down as director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Dennis Whyte, who spearheaded the development of the world’s most powerful fusion electromagnet and grew the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s research volume by more than 50 percent, has announced he will be stepping down as the center’s director at the end of the year in order to devote his full attention to teaching, […]

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Rotary Club members share memories of Daisy Lee Bitter at meeting

Daisy Lee Bitter, a long-time Homer social scientist and environmental advocate, died Nov. 2 at the age of 95. Born on Jan. 12, 1928, Bitter was teacher, author, contributor to Homer’s KBBI radio station and long-time science volunteer and early board member withHomer’s Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. At Homer’s Rotary Club meeting last week, […]

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Pet of the Week: Peewee

This sweet boy is waiting so patiently for his furever family. He is gentle, gets along with other cats, and loves a good petting session. He was not in good health when he first came to us, but is on the mend. He will need someone to provide him with a home full of love, […]

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Computational imaging researcher attended a lecture, found her career

Soon after Kristina Monakhova started graduate school, she attended a lecture by Professor Laura Waller ’04, MEng ’05, PhD ’10, director of the University of California at Berkeley’s Computational Imaging Lab, who described a kind of computational microscopy with extremely high image resolution. “The talk blew me away,” says Monakhova, who is currently an MIT-Boeing […]

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Spoken-word collaboration shows off the MIT community’s musical talents

What do you get when you cross MIT student and alumni raps with other community members’ electronic dance music, rhythmic riddles, and heartfelt love songs? You get MITverses, a new spoken-word musical collaboration sponsored by the MIT Music Production Collaborative. Community members from across the Institute were invited to record their singing, vocal loops, and […]

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Dessert in a pinch

I believe I have told you all in the past about my tendency to procrastinate to the extreme. Not a single paper or project in my entire life was completed more than a day before it was due, often just hours before the deadline. For some people, procrastination is simply just putting off an undesirable […]

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