Over the course of the spring semester 2011, MIT celebrated its 150th anniversary with a remarkable cascade of symposia, performances, exhibitions, and landmark events. The events were focused on being "distinctively MIT." Videos from the 150-day-long celebration include historical retrospectives and broadcasts of MIT150 events.
In this 1959 MIT Science Reporter television program, researchers John Francis Reintjes and Douglas Taylor Ross present the APT project, a novel system for the computerization of numerical control being developed at the new MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory. Reintjes ...
Hard work. Passion. Commitment. Welcome to the MIT Excellence Awards, an annual ceremony that honors staff members who have gone above and beyond to fulfill the goals, values, and mission of the Institute. This video includes highlights from the Excellence Awards, which celebrates its tenth ...
To celebrate the birthday of Albert Einstein, we turn to Professor Alan Lightman, best-selling author of Einstein's Dreams. In this interview excerpt, the physicist/author examines the role of art in education and our lives. Lightman is the first professor at MIT to receive a joint ...
These days, surgeons are trained in implanting artificial skin on burn patients thanks to the pioneering work of Ioannis V. Yannas, MIT professor of polymer science and engineering, and trauma surgeon Dr. John F. Burke, who established the Massachusetts General Hospital Burn Research Center. ...
Author of Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (MIT Press, 1998), Dr. Virginia Valian visited MIT to discuss why women continue to lag behind men in professional advancement. In this excerpt, Dr. Valian examines how an "accumulation of advantage" and seemingly ...
This montage highlights the narrative history featured in the 1976 film, Take Me Back to Tech. Images range from MIT's Back Bay beginnings to the mid-1970s. Watch Take Me Back to Tech in its entirety at the From the Vault collection at TechTV.
In 2000, the School of Humanities and Social Science celebrated its 50th anniversary and its renaming to the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (SHASS). This video includes highlights from a special celebratory concert presented on Oct. 6, 2000 in Kresge Auditorium. The evening ...
Margaret L. A. MacVicar '64 was a cherished educator and innovator at MIT. She worked for diversity in admission and implemented changes in humanities and science requirements. Professor MacVicar founded the popular Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and served as MIT's first ...
Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life's direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This ...
MIT professor Robert W. Mann, an engineer and former rocket scientist, developed the world's first biomedical prosthetic device. In the 1960s, Mann helped produce a complex prosthetic elbow that joined an electromechanical device with remnant muscle tissue, to enable amputees to perform a ...
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Robert C. Merton PhD '70 School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Moderator Stewart C. Myers - Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management Panel Douglas T. Breeden '72 - William W. Priest, Jr. Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, ...
The 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on the theme "With Liberty and Justice for All," held on February 16, 1996, features Dr. Julius L. Chambers as keynote speaker. Student speakers include Kareem Howard '99, Simonetta Rodriguez 'G and master of ...
The Seventeenth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Celebration takes place on Jan. 18, 1991 and features Dr. Benjamin Hooks as the keynote speaker. Four students also present a youth perspective on the significance of the celebration in their own lives. [T15490]
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Moderator Andrew W. Lo - Harris & Harris Group Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Panel Stewart C. Myers - Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management Myron S. Scholes ...
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Speakers David C Schmittlein - John C. Head III Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Moderator Nancy L. Rose PhD '85 - Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Panel Dennis W. Carlton SM '74 PhD '75 - Katherine Dusak Miller Professor of Economics, Booth School ...
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Welcome Deborah K. Fitzgerald - Kenan Sahin Dean, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Moderator Ricardo Caballero PhD '88 - Ford Professor of Economics and Department Head, MIT ...
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Moderator Daron Acemoglu - James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT Panel Robert M. Solow - MIT Institute Professor, Emeritus Peter Diamond PhD '63 - MIT Institute Professor Robert E. Hall PhD ...
MIT150 Symposium Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy Moderator James M. Poterba - Mitsui Professor of Economics, MIT Panel George Akerlof PhD '66 - Koshland Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley Avinash Dixit PhD '68 - John J. ...