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A Tale of Two Responsibilities

A Tale of Two Responsibilities

Living sustainably while researching climate change

May 15, 2018 | Catherine W.

“So all my office plants died from how high the heat’s turned up.” “Wait. You mean your succulents?” “Yeah. The ones I specifically got for their drought and heat resistance.” Such occurrences might seem unexpected in the MIT Green Building, where I and many others study humanity’s impact on our natural world every day, but […]

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Amassing collectibles as a graduate student

April 4, 2018 | Catherine W.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that every graduate student has an item they become a collector of, squirreling away specimens like it will keep them warm through the Bostonian winters. One of my friends has filled two drawers in his search for the perfect pen; another has acquired enough candles to light a cathedral. I […]