Tag Archives: MIT

RRTN Showcases Black Contributions to Science and Technology in Dakar, Senegal

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In December 2010, The Robert R. Taylor Network @ MIT showcased an interactive multimedia display it created at the Third Senegal World Arts festival in the West African country. The World Festival Exhibit on Black Contribution to Science and Technology …

Engineering the Future: MIT Alum Karl Reid Stands Up for Minority Students in Science and Technology

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By Tristen Graves, RRTN.org By supporting minority students entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Karl Reid finds a purpose that spurs his passion as well as bridges his backgrounds in engineering and education. The Vice President …

MIT’s Joel Dawson — Honors, Family and Music

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MIT Graduate Redesigns His Boston Community

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Profile: Charles W. Bradley, III, AIA For RRTN by Tristen Graves  Boston Architect, Charles W. Bradley, III, AIA, takes pride in having personal connections to his current project, the Roxbury/Dorchester/Mattapan Transit Needs Study for Blue Hill Avenue; an 8-mile corridor …

Robert R. Taylor in the news

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A foundation for building How MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office Read More: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/timeline-taylor-0202.html PIONEERING BLACK ARCHITECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Today …

MIT’s Phil Freelon in the news

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Making kids care about architecture and history By LISA GRAY HEARST NEWSPAPERS Seattle PI “How many people here know what architects do?” Phil Freelon asked the class. Only a few hands went up, and I began to worry. Read More: …

Biography: Who Was Robert Robinson Taylor?

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Robert R. Taylor from MIT to Tuskegee:  A Black Architect’s Journey Robert Robinson Taylor (1868-1942), the first academically trained African-American architect, entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1888 and graduated in 1892.  Booker T. Washington, searching for professionally educated faculty …