Master’s Degree in Comparative Media Studies
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MIT students win over $20,000 in prizes for their fiction, poetry, essays, science writing, and academic writing.
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Recent Posts
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Haugh Model and Modification
“Haugh Model and Modification” took second place for the 2019 Boit Prize for Engineering Writing, one of the Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes.
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Human vision, climate change, and white sharks: 2019 Science Documentary Videos
Produced by the graduate students from the 2019 class of the Graduate Program in Science Writing.
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How Bake Time and Ingredient Ratios Affect Cookie Texture
Amy Fang’s winning submission for the Boit Prize for Engineering Writing, one of the Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes.
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Video: 2019 Science Writing Thesis Presentations
Our Graduate Program in Science Writing students read from their culminating works as they finish up they one-year program.
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The 2019 Karmel Writing Prizes Winners
Working in every genre, from fiction to technical writing, 36 MIT students win 2019 Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes.
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Cultural Curator
Comparative Media Studies graduate student and New York City DJ Rekha Malhotra draws inspiration from the intersection of art and activism.
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Podcast: Haidee Wasson, “Do-it Yourself Cinema: Portable Film Projectors as Media History”
Haidee Wasson explores the long and vibrant place of portable film devices in the history of small media, repositioning the “movie theatre” as the singular or even central figuration of film presentation and viewing.
