Economic Policy Challenges: Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy
Economic Policy Challenges: Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy
01/27/2011 1:15 PM KresgeRicardo Caballero, PhD '88, Ford Professor of Economics and Department Head, MIT; Pedro Aspe, PhD '78, Co"Chairman, Evercore Partners and Chairman and CEO, Protego; Olivier Blanchard, PhD '77, Class of 1941 Professor of Economics, MIT and ...
Energy Innovation at Scale
Energy Innovation at Scale
09/22/2010 2:00 PM 32"123Steven E. Koonin, PhD '75, Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of EnergyDescription: The United States urgently needs a transformation of its energy supply both to address climate change and for reasons of energy security. To meet this immense challenge, the ...
Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice ...
Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality ...
02/09/2011 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Roland S. Martin, CNN contributorDescription: Exploring the past opens up new perspectives on the present and offers ways of navigating a challenging future, these speakers suggest, in a call to ...
Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration
Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration
09/18/2008 6:00 PM E51"315Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director Security Studies Program; Carol Saivetz, Visiting Scholar Center for International Studies,Research Associate Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and ...
Gaza in Crisis
Gaza in Crisis
01/21/2011 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumNoam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT; Nancy Murray, Co"founder and President, Gaza Mental Health FoundationDescription: Two speakers steeped in the ongoing crisis of the Middle East describe abominable conditions for Palestinians living inside Gaza, which ...
Grad School 102: Going Green
Grad School 102: Going Green
Sophie Ni invites you to go green! Discover all the things you can do to create a sustainable future for MIT.
Grad School 102: Housing Office
Grad School 102: Housing Office
Robin Baughman discusses the things you need to live on campus at MIT.
Grad School 102: MIT Libraries
Grad School 102: MIT Libraries
Heather McCann and Ellen Duranceau talk about MIT's five libraries, MIT's online collection, and how to find, check-out, and order books and other resources both in person and online.
Grad School 102: Transportation Office
Grad School 102: Transportation Office
The Transportation Office provides you with a wealth of resources for getting to where you need to go. Larry Brutti talks about charter shuttles, airport transportation, the MIT shuttle, parking your own car, Zipcar, rail services and more.
Health Care Reform in the US: What Will it Look Like and ...
Health Care Reform in the US: What Will it Look Like and What Does it Mean?
01/26/2010 12:00 PM 32"123Jonathan Gruber, '87, Professor of Economics MacVicar Faculty Fellow; ; Andrea Louise Campbell, Associate Professor, Political Science; Joseph J. Doyle, Associate Professor, Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management; Amy Finkelstein, ...
Inside Tahrir Square
Inside Tahrir Square
02/25/2011 2:00 PM e40"496Iason Athanasiadis, Journalist; Kristin Fabbe, Graduate student, Political Science Dept; David Weinberg, Graduate Student, CISDescription: Greek journalist Iason Athanasiadis is no stranger to uprisings in oppressed nations, having covered Iran's Green revolution ...
Interview Tips for MBA and MFin students from Kimberly ...
Interview Tips for MBA and MFin students from Kimberly Ebeling, Assistant ...
With interview season upon us, Kim Ebeling, assistant director of MIT Sloan Admissions, shares information about how to prepare for the Behavioral Event Interview. She reminds interviewees to focus on demonstrated achievement, teamwork and leadership. ...
Investigating the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
Investigating the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
03/11/2004 7:00 PM 10-250Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, MIT; Kevin Knoblock, President, Union of Concerned Scientists; E. O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University; Honorary Curator in Entomology ...
Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through ...
Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through Innovation and ...
04/20/2011 4:00 PM 26"100Dr. Robert D. Braun, Chief Technologist, NASADescription: "I don't remember Apollo at all," confesses Robert Braun, NASA's chief technologist. "I feel really bad about it." Nevertheless, he has spent a lot of time reading and thinking about ...
Iran: War or Peace?
Iran: War or Peace?
03/20/2007 4:30 PM E51-345Kenneth Pollack, PhD '96, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy StudiesDescription: The Bush administration's panic about failing in Iraq is now driving its fierce attitude toward Iran, according to Kenneth ...
Iraq: What Now?
Iraq: What Now?
12/05/2003 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumStephen W. van Evera, Professor of Political Science; Juan Cole, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern and East Asian History, University of Michigan; Ivo Daalder, PhD '90, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution Description: The gloves ...
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
Islam and the Challenge of Democracy
05/12/2003 11:00 AM Wong AuditoriumTom Ashbrook, Host, WBUR's "On Point"; ; Fawaz Gerges, Christiain A. Johnson Chair holder in International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies, Sarah Lawrence College ; Khaled Abou El Fadl, Professor of Law, UCLA ; Jack Beatty, Senior Editor The Atlantic ...
Just Back from Iraq: Observations of a Weapons Inspector
Just Back from Iraq: Observations of a Weapons Inspector
03/14/2003 12:30 PM E25-111Rocco Casagrande, Chief, Biological Analysis Lab; UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)Description: Rocco Casagrande was the chief of the Biological Analysis Lab for the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection ...
Key Issues In the Department of Defense for the Obama ...
Key Issues In the Department of Defense for the Obama Administration
01/15/2009 3:30 PM 14W"111Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director Security Studies Program; Owen Cote, PhD '96, Center for International Studies; Harvey M. Sapolsky, Professor of Public Policy and Organization Department of ...
L. Rafael Reif: Laying the foundation
L. Rafael Reif: Laying the foundation
A tribute video to MIT's 17th President, L. Rafael Reif, from the Microsystems Technology Laboratorie