Terrascope is a program for first year MIT students where each year we tackle "unsolvable" problems.
In the fall students enroll in the Mission class and for the fall of 2012 it is called Mission 2016.
06/22/2022
Listen to the most recent Terrascope radio piece, “Things Moving, People Doing”, on Pacifica Radio Network !
06.22.22 / Things Moving, People Doing Somehow the things we need get from there to here, but its not just about the things; *people* make the global supply chain work. Here are stories of some of them, from a sea captain whose first work
06/11/2020
To the members of our community: Over the next fews days, incoming MIT students will decide whether they would like to become a part of Terrascope. In order to serve them, we will be posting a few stories and thoughts from Terrascope students and alumni. We hope this will in no way detract from the serious conversations we must have, and the action we must take, concerning racism, bigotry and injustice.
06/09/2020
Black Lives Matter. We are not immune. We are listening and learning.
The Terrascope staff stands in solidarity with the countless victims of the racism, bigotry and injustice that mar our society and institutions, including those members of our community who daily face structures and norms that challenge or deny their full participation in academia. We recognize that structural inequities, both within and providing the context for our own program, are part of the problem, and we pledge ourselves to work for improvement in Terrascope itself and in the institutions and organizations of which we are a part.
As a first step, we are working to understand how we can better shape Terrascope to provide opportunity for students, faculty and staff of color to rise as leaders in science, technology and society as a whole. This summer we are identifying measures that we can implement going forward; we plan to assess their effectiveness and work to improve them. We welcome your suggestions, ideas and conversation in this effort.
In the meantime, let us all work, in both our personal and our professional lives, for the eradication of the destructive influences that victimize black and brown members of our society.
12/06/2019
So excited to see our First-Year student Viviana introducing our Director David 🎉 Terrascope represent!