The Center at MIT (Dalai Lama Center for Ethics)

Congratulations to DLC Fellow @DaeHoulihan for receiving 2024 Glushko Prize for outstanding dissertation in Cognitive Sciences.

The Leaders of Tomorrow-- Exciting session where students enter the captivating world of transformational leadership with Javier Prieto - The Dalai Lama Center MIT (with members of escola l'horitzo)

His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024 On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world. Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel optimistic that with a growing appreciation of how interconnected we all are in the oneness of humanity, we can all work to lead more meaningful lives and create a better world. As human beings we share a common wish to be happy and free from pain. We are social animals who depend on others to survive. Therefore, as I often say, we should work for the benefit of others. If we cannot help them, we should at least make sure we do no harm. I have found that helping others is the best way of ensuring happiness and calm for ourselves. I also firmly believe that we can find peace in the world only when we find peace within. Every human being has the potential to cultivate inner peace, and by so doing to contribute to the peace of our global community. We must try to cultivate compassion and inner peace, regardless of our nationality or religion, we can contribute to the well-being and happiness of all mankind. If the last century was the century of violence, it is our responsibility to make this century the century of dialogue. Once again, I extend warm greetings to you all. I hope that you all enjoy an auspicious beginning to the new year, 2024. With prayers and good wishes, Dalai Lama

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. #NobelPrize

"I’m supposed to teach at 9am today and I have no idea what’s going to happen." Exclusive: listen to our phone call with new #NobelPrize laureate Moungi Bawendi right after he found out he had been awarded the 2023 chemistry prize.

"I was very surprised, sleepy, shocked, and very honoured." First reactions from Moungi Bawendi – one of three newly announced 2023 chemistry laureates – during this morning's press conference. #NobelPrize

New York Times reporter Natasha Singer spotlights the Day of AI, an MIT RAISE program aimed at teaching K-12 students about AI. mitsha.re/cBac50OPMeA

To mark the beginning of Black History Month, we celebrate pioneering physicist Shirley Ann Jackson '68 PhD '73. She was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT and was featured in Ebony magazine in 1974.

I am very pleased to learn that this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and my friend, Anton Zeilinger for their work in laying the foundation for a new era of quantum technology. bit.ly/3rz0P6i

#otd in 1965, a nun named Mary Keller became the first woman to earn a computer-science PhD in the US. She later helped developed #BASIC: bit.ly/2M5v8LQ @mentalfloss

🌎Honramos a la tierra🏞️, la palabra🤝🏽 y el sueño del buen vivir para comunidades #Wayúu en La Guajira🙌🏾 Hoy firmamos una declaración de intención con @URosario y comunidades y autoridades indígenas wayúu (más de 40) que hacen parte de la #Yanama Sigue el 🧵👇🏽

Congratulations Frank Wilczek. In good company with former Templeton Prize winners, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

DYK, 18% of the Class of 2022 are first generation college students. #MIT2022

That moment when Temi Omitoogun, President, Class of 2022, pauses to take a video during the OneMIT Ceremony. 🤳🏾 #MIT2022

HHDL's Message for Earth Day 2022 dalailama.com/news/2022/his-…

Discover strategies to help students develop the core values of empathy, gratitude, forgiveness and self-acceptance in this collection of professional development resources from @thecenteratmit and @WGBH_edu. to.pbs.org/2OTpoIP

That the air we breathe, the water we drink, the forests and oceans which sustain countless life forms, and the climatic patterns that govern our weather systems all transcend national boundaries is a source of hope — no country can afford not to take action in this context.

A new resource for teaching responsible technology development: The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare. mitsha.re/BhOV50IbH0z

Enjoy the February palindromes! 2/20/22 2/21/22 2/22/22 2/23/22 2/24/22 2/25/22 2/26/22 2/27/22 2/28/22 Image: Christine Daniloff/MIT

We share this one planet, our only home so we have to take better care of it. We must cultivate compassion not only for our fellow human beings, but also for the other animals, birds and insects with whom we share the world. Concern for others is necessary for our survival.