Edith Ackermann was a beloved member of the Media Lab faculty from the early days of the Lab through the mid-90s, and continued to play an …
I will always remember Edith as cheerful, intellectually playful, and intellectual about play. She was patient with answering question…
Here's to your magnificent life, dear mentor and friend. May all who have known you carry on your childlike "espirit"—of joy, curiosity, an…
Edith was a mentor to me, both inside and outside academics, inside and outside the Lab. In our discussions, Edith had a knack for taking o…
By Aaron FalbelI was a doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab in the Epistemology and Learning group between 1984 and 1989. Edith and …
By Andrew SempereToday, we went for a late afternoon walk with a friend through a forest near her Swiss farmhouse. It was a lovely, ge…
I am so very sad! Edith was there to welcome me to the Lab when I came as a student and was always there for me throughout my stay. She wa…
At conferences Edith asked the questions we were all thinking but afraid to ask. But she articulated them so much more deeply—and she was n…