Distributed Energy Generation: Future or Fantasy? — MIT Club of Northern ...

An exploration of the efficacy of distributed energy generation in California based on regional policy and the economics of proposed solutions.

DNA replication with LEGOs

Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro, Mass., students from Ms. Turkovich's biology class created this music video about DNA replication. Turkovich is an MIT Alum. The models are from the original LEGO Education DNA Set.

Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future? - Richard Lester - MIT Club of Northern ...

Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Fukushima. When coupled with the issues of waste disposal, weapons proliferation, large up-front capital costs and long lead times, will the disaster at Fukushima derail global nuclear energy development once and for all? Or will a ...

Econ. decline of West: 4.Actions (HD)

Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 4: Desirable actions See also Watch panel ...

Economic decline of West: 1.Intro (HD)

Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 1: Introduction. See also Watch panel presentations ...

Economic decline of West: 2.Banks (HD)

Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 2: The banks See also Watch panel presentations from ...

Energy@MIT

What's needed to address the global energy challenge? New technologies, new sources of capital, and new ways of thinking. See highlights from the 2008 MIT Energy Conference, and find out how MIT is playing a vital role in finding energy solutions.

Engineering Leadership - Prof. Joel Schindall - MIT Club of Northern ...

On Tuesday Oct 18th, come hear about one of the newest and most innovative programs at MIT and see how it can apply to you! Launched through a $20 million gift (with a matching requirement) by the Gordon Foundation -- the largest gift made to MIT's School of ...

Enterprise Forum Video Plays on NASDAQ Tower

The MIT Enterprise Forum was honored to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ on November 6, 2009. View the video that played on the NASDAQ tower.

Eric Silverman, SM ’91

Eric Silverman, SM ’91, says that having the right partner can make or break an investment deal—and it was finding those right people that brought him to MIT Sloan.Read more at: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/buildingthefuture/sloan-stories.php

Event Mangement Tutorial

Extraordinary Bengal Tiger sighting

This video was made by Bill Peck '60 while on an MIT Alumni Travel Program trip to India and Nepal in October 2010. The sighting took place early in the morning of October 25, 2010 at Ranthambore National Park in India and lasted for about a half hour. The park ranger said that a sighting of ...

Faculty Forum Online: Collective Bargaining

Are the current efforts by some governors to eliminate or curtail collective bargaining an attack on workers' rights or fiscal necessity? One of the Institute's key thinkers and a national expert in this area, Professor Thomas A. Kochan of the MIT Sloan School (bio ...

Faculty Forum Online: Homeland Security

National security in an age of massive movements of people across borders is a universal concern that involves complex issues. While borders have different characteristics and challenges, there are areas of commonality. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of crossings are not problematic, ...

Faculty Forum Online: U.S. Economy--The Real Solution is Growth

In the U.S., recent headlines have focused on such issues as the debt ceiling, the recent credit rating downgrade, and unemployment. But consider this: increasing the average growth rate in the U.S. by one percentage point over the next 20 years would not only result ...