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Making the case for less e-waste - MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

As part of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, students from different parts of MIT came together to write a case study about the environmental and climate justice implications of the electronics hardware life cycle. Although it’s not uncommon for graduate students to co-author case studies, it’s unusual for undergraduates to earn this opportunity — and for their audience to be other undergraduates around the world.

‘We Must Not Lose Hope’

Tallying public opinion as a war rages around you would seem next to impossible. But that’s exactly what pollster Khalil Shikaki, senior fellow at Brandeis’ Crown Center for Middle East Studies, is doing: surveying Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank during the Israel-Hamas war. Shikaki has dedicated his life to documenting Palestinian public opinion and sharing his objective empirical data with communities, policymakers, and academics. His most recent survey, the 91st opinion poll he’s conducted in Gaza and the West Bank, was arguably the most personal one of all. Illustration by Davide Bonazzi
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