In this interactive forum for the MIT community, Professor Craig Wilder and a panel of students will share highlights from their recent and ongoing research on the relationships between slavery and the founding of MIT and other scientific and engineering institutions. Participants will gain a greater appreciation of this research initiative launched in 2018 and insights into the development of the current two-course curriculum within the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 

Panelists
Craig Wilder, Barton L. Weller Professor of History
Danielle Geathers, Course 2 undergraduate and President, MIT Undergraduate Association 

Moderated by Sujata Gupta, 2018 Knight Science Journalism fellow and social sciences writer for ScienceNews. Register today to participate in this October 1 webcast.