Moraitis School

Mathisi Initiative, a non-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in Greece, is cooperating with private school Moraitis and MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to bring to Greece a summer STEM program for junior high-school students.

Mathisi Initiative, a not-for-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in Greece, is cooperating with private school Moraitis and the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to bring to Greece for the first time a summer STEM program for junior high-school students.

Mathematician and author Stamos Tsitsionis will be giving a presentation at The Hub Science initiative on "Humor and Math," on Tuesday, March 27, starting at 8 p.m. The former Moraitis School and Athens College teacher will be addressing questions such as what makes a joke funny and whether a sense of humor can be explained mathematically. The presentation is in Greek and is free of charge.

The French Institute in Athens presents a lecture by Islam and contemporary Arab world expert Gilles Kepel on the subject of "Jihad in Europe," on Monday, May 30. Kepel is a French political scientist and professor at Sciences Po in Paris. The event is organized by the Modern Greek Culture and General Education Studies Society founded by the Moraitis School in Athens. It starts at 6.30 p.m.

Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis can be accused of a lot of things from a narcissist with bad fashion sense to a failed negotiator, but nobody can deny his narrative skills. Through scattered fragments here and there with a dash of spice, his selective memories are emerging like something of a pop psychodrama.

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