The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to ...
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, ...
10/22/2007 4:00 PM BartosCharles B. Perrow, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale UniversityDescription: It's time to trade in the Department of Homeland Security for a Department of Homeland Vulnerabilities, says Charles Perrow. At its peril, our nation "privileges ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation
06/11/2009 1:00 PM KresgeThe Honorable John P. Holdren, '65, SM '66, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Dr. Ian A. Waitz, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
06/11/2009 3:00 PM KresgeDr. Maria T. Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT ; ; Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and ...
The Road from Copenhagen
The Road from Copenhagen
Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place.
Transportation Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally ...
Transportation Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally and Walking the ...
10/20/2009 4:00 PM 32"124Frederick P. Salvucci, '61, SM '62, Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MITDescription: Why do so many sustainable transportation programs turn out, like the Alice in the Wonderland parable to lead us down unexpected ...
TV News in Transition
TV News in Transition
04/06/2006 5:00 PM BartosStuart Brotman, Founder and President, Brotman Communications; Visiting Scholar, Comparative Media Studies, MIT; Neal Shapiro, Former President, NBC News ; ; Juju Chang, Correspondent, ABC News Description: One of broadcast journalism's power couples reminisce about ...
U.S. - Iran Relations
U.S. - Iran Relations
05/05/2009 4:00 PM Ne30Jim Walsh, Research Associate, SSP MIT; Suzanne DiMaggio, Global Policy Director, Asia Society; Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director Security Studies ProgramDescription: ...
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
09/23/2009 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumJulia Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow For Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Wayne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Cuba Program, Center for International PolicyDescription: To the dismay of ...
America's Path to Permanent War
Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
Washington stubbornly sticks to national security policies that don't work, are devoid of moral considerations, and rob future generations, says Andrew J. Bacevich
Weapons of Mass Confusion: Assessing the True Risks
Weapons of Mass Confusion: Assessing the True Risks
10/30/2003 5:00 PM 3-270Dr. Kosta Tsipis, Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Owen Cote, PhD '96, Center for International Studies; Jeanne Guillermin, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program ; Steven Miller, Director of the International ...
What's So Natural About Natural Disasters?
What's So Natural About Natural Disasters?
11/15/2005 5:00 PM Kirsch 32-123Rosalind H. Williams, HM, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology; David A. Mindell, PhD '96, Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; ; David S. Jones, ...
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American ...
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American Exceptionalism and ...
04/23/2003 3:00 PM 3-442Chuck Collins, co-founder and Program Director of United for a Fair Economy and Responsible WealthDescription: In this talk, Collins discusses the economic impact of the (then) proposed and (now) passed into law Bush tax cut, and issues around ...
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
09/19/2006 6:00 PM MuseumNancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of BiologyDescription: Through her rapport with the zebrafish, Nancy Hopkins has made large contributions to the fields of developmental biology and cancer research. But her model organism, and to some ...